18 gold bars seized at Shahjalal: 1 held
Saturday, 19 July 2014
A man was arrested along with 18 gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Kurmitola in the city on Saturday. The arrested was identified by police as Aslam Sheikh, an Imam of the Civil Aviation department’s mosque. Airport Police Station sources said Armed Police Battalion (APBn) personnel arrested Aslam Sheikh with 18 gold bars weighing 1.8 kilograms and foreign currency worth over US $ 18,550 from a flight of Turkey Airways which landed at the airport around 8:55am. The detainee was handed over to the police station, it added, according to a news agency.