3.75 kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Customs officials arrested a man with 3.75 kg gold from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Friday night. The arrested was identified as Masum Hossain, 31. Customs officials said that Masum landed at the airport from an aircraft of the Emirates Airlines from Dubai at around 7:50 pm. Acting on a tip-off, a team of customs officials challenged him at the customs lounge and recovered some gold pieces weighing 3.75 kg after searching his luggage. SM Samsuzzaman, assistant commissioner of customs, confirmed the incident.-UNB