Customs seize 4.5kg gold at Sylhet airport

Customs officers have seized 4.5kg gold from a plane at the Sylhet Osmani International Airport. The gold was seized from the Biman Bangladesh Flight BG-248 on Saturday, said Fazlur Rahman, a port customs officer. The flight arrived at the Sylhet airport from Nepal around 12pm, he said. "The customs searched the plane and found 40 gold bars wrapped by a tape under a seat." The market value of the seized gold is nearly Tk 2.0 million, Rahman said. No arrests have been made over the incident.
— bdnews24.com