1 held with 3.6kg gold at Dhaka Airport
Friday, 26 June 2015
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday detained a passenger along with 31 gold bars weighing around 3.6 kg.
Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Md Al Amin told UNB that the arrested passenger identified as Md Didar of Keraniganj, landed at the airport by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Saudi Arabia around 3:05 pm.
When he was crossing the green channel, the customs officials challenged him and recovered the 31 gold bars after searching his language at about 5:30pm, he said.
Didar was due to be handed over to Airport Police Station on completion of legal procedures, AC Al Amin added.