2 held with smuggled gold
Two persons were detained with 20 gold bars weighing around 7.7 kilogrammes at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday morning.
Shahnur Alam and Monjurul Haque came from Malaysia and Dubai respectively.
On a tip-off, customs officials searched Shahnur and found six gold bars, weighing 6kg, inside his socks, said Shampriti Pramanik, assistant commissioner of the airport customs.
Afterwards, Monjurul was detained with 14 gold bars, weighing 1.7kg, said the Customs Intelligence Deputy Commissioner Mustafizur Rahman.
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