1.75kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Monday, 14 September 2015
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka seized 1.75-kg gold and arrested an Indian national in this connection on Monday evening. The arrestee was identified as Mukesh Kumar. Sources at the airport said customs officials challenged Mukesh Kumar, who landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Kurmitola by a fight of Emirates Airlines from Dubai around 5:30pm, for his suspicious movement. When he was about to cross the airport Green Channel around 6:15pm, customs officials arrested him. Searching the body of Mukesh, the customs officials recovered 13 gold bars and a bracelet weighing around 1.75kg. The gold was kept hidden under the belt of his waist, said Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Customs House Sohel Rahman, according to UNB.
- biplab