Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials recovered gold bars and contraband cigarettes from two passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital on Friday morning.
A total of 258 grams of gold and 60,000 sticks of cigarettes, worth about Tk 3.0 million, were recovered from the passengers, returning from Malayasia with two separate flights, said CIID Director General Moinul Khan.
Tipped off, the CIID officials nabbed a passenger named Mizanur Rahman, 40, who arrived at HSIA by a Bangladesh Biman flight at around 6.30 am. He was carrying two gold bars, each weighing 100 grams, in his rectum. Four gold rings were also found in his bag.
Price of the seized gold is approximately Tk 1.2 million. The passenger was taken into police custody following legal procedure, the officials said.
In a separate drive, the CIID officials recovered 60,000 sticks of cigarettes in 300 cartons, worth nearly Tk 1.8 million, from a passenger named Moti.
The passenger reached HSIA at around 8.00 am. He was carrying the contraband cigarettes of 'Black' brand in two bags.
Necessary legal steps were taken in this regard under customs law, they added.
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