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Tycoon is "drug baron"

London/Bangladesh: The chairman of one of Bangladesh's most respected companies has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking vast quantities of heroin into Britain. The arrest follows an investigation by the London-based Observer newspaper in April which revealed how consignments of food, floor tiles and beauty products, dispatched by a network of companies in Bangladesh, were found to contain large amounts of the drug. The story prompted concerns that Bangladesh, previously not known to be a major exporter of the drug, was becoming a new conduit for trafficking heroin . Badruddoza Chowdhury Momen, chairman of BD Foods Ltd, which supplies spices and other food products to Britain's curry houses, is now in prison on remand awaiting questioning.

— © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

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