9 held with gold bars at Shahjalal
Saturday, 31 May 2014
Airport Armed Police personnel arrested nine people along with 15 gold bars weighing around 2 kilograms (kg) at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the city on Friday afternoon. The arrestees were identified Md Ataur Rahman, Atwar, Jakir Hossain, Ali Hossain, Rafiqul Shah, Kamrul Islam, Bahauddin, Delwar Hossain and Liton. They came here from Saudi Arabia by two flights-Saudi Airlines and Biman Bangladesh Airlines- at 12:00pm and 4:00pm respectively on Friday. Senior ASP Alamgir Hossain of Airport Armed police said they challenged them while they were crossing terminal canopy at the airport and recovered the gold bars from their possession after searching them, according to UNB.