37kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs Intelligence officials today seized a total of 6,700 mobile sets and 82 gold bars from Dhaka and Chittagong in separate incidents. Star file photo.
Customs officials today seized 320 pieces of gold bars weighing 37 kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
A team of Dhaka Customs House recovered the gold worth Tk 19 crore around 6:15pm from a flight of Emirates Airways, said Md Shahiduzzaman Sarkar, assistant commissioner of customs.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The gold was concealed under three passenger seats and a toilet of the flight which arrived from Dubai this evening, he informed.
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