2 arrested with 21 gold bars at Shahjalal

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) personnel arrested two young men in possession of 21 gold bars weighing 2.1 kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on early Friday. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Abu Yusuf Bhuiyan, 31, a resident of Burichong, and Masud Miah, 38, a resident of Debidwar upazila of Comilla district. APBn Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Asma Ara Jahan said Yusuf and Masud landed at the airport from an aircraft of Air Asia Airlines from Malaysia around 11:30 pm on Thursday. Tipped off, a team of the APBn challenged the duo suspecting their movement when they were staying in car parking area of the airport at about 12:30 am on Friday. The APBn members recovered the gold bars searching their bags and arrested them, the ASP said. A case was filed in this connection, according to a news agency.

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