40 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials yesterday seized 40 gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
On information, the officials found the gold bars weighing 4.6 kilogrammes near the stairs of a US-Bangla aircraft, said Sulaiman Hossain, assistant commissioner (preventive team) of customs.
He said the aircraft landed at the airport from Malaysia around 5:30pm.
The gold bars were found in an abandoned condition, said the official.
No one was arrested as of filing this report in the evening. The value of the gold is around Tk 2.32 crore, said the official.
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