Gold Smuggling in Bangladesh
Take stern action against gold smugglers
Innovative methods being used to smuggle gold deserve appropriate response from officials
Gold smugglers game the system
International smugglers are bringing gold bars into Bangladesh through legal means and then smuggling those to India.
‘Female smuggler’ held with 57 gold bars in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected female smuggler with 57 gold bars weighing 9.2 kilograms in Jashore’s Benapole last night.
Cleaner held with 32 gold bars at Dhaka airport
A cleaner has been detained at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 32 gold bars hidden inside his shoes.
Couple held with 30 gold bars in Dhaka
Customs intelligence officials arrest a couple with 30 gold bars, weighing around 3.5kg, from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.
2 Japanese citizens held with 12kgs gold at Dhaka airport
Customs officials detain two Japanese citizens along with 30 gold bars, weighing around 12 kilogrammes, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Nearly 6kgs gold seized from Dhaka, Chattogram airports
Almost six kilogrammes of gold were seized from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport and Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport.
23.4kg gold seized from Biman plane
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials recovered some 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city yesterday.
23.4kg gold seized at Chattogram airport
Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) recover 200 gold bars weighing 23.4 kilogrammes from the toilets of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.
2 Chinese nationals held with 96 gold bars at Dhaka airport
Customs officials detain two Chinese nationals in separate incidents with 48 gold bars each at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
15kg gold found at Dhaka airport
Customs intelligence recovers 48 gold bars, weighing over 15 kilogrammes, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka.
Gold bars hidden in solar panels
To the naked eye, the two items are just rechargeable solar home systems, costing only a couple of thousands.
5.56kg gold bars recovered from batteries of ‘solar home system’ at Dhaka airport
The customs officials crush two batteries with a hammer to discover 48 gold bars which were hidden inside.
10kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seized 10 gold bars weighing around 10kgs at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Malaysian man held at airport with 7kg gold
A Chinese origin Malaysian national was held with seven gold bars, weighing around 7kg, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Sunday night.
Carriers held, hunt on for masterminds
All it took was a phone call from India to Bangladesh and the process of smuggling 43kg gold, worth Tk 18 crore, began.
6 held with 14kg gold
The Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested six alleged members of a gold smuggling gang with 120 gold bars, weighing around 14kg, on two buses on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Narsingdi.
75kg gold seized in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh in separate raids seized 635 pieces of gold bars, weighing around 75kg, and arrested three suspected smugglers, including a woman, from bordering Narkelbaria and Shikri areas yesterday.
9kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seizes 80 gold bars weighing 9.28 kilogrammes from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early today.
