Dhaka Airport: 3 cleaners held with 20 gold bars
Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) yesterday arrested three cleaners of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with 20 gold bars weighing around 2.32 kilogrammes.
The arrestees are Sumon Shikdar (34), Md Shahin Hosen (27) and Md Belal Akand (28), said Alamgir Hossain, additional superintendent of police (ops and media) of Airport APBn.
The trio went to clean an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh that reached Dhaka airport around 10:25am from Abu Dhabi via Chattogram. As they got off the plane around 11:20am, the APBn officials wanted to search them but they resisted, Alamgir said.
At one stage, officials searched them and recovered the gold bars worth Tk 1.16 crore hidden inside Sumon’s shoes.
During primary interrogation, Sumon said a technician named Kalam handed him the gold bars inside the plane. He said he was offered Tk 20,000 to carry them out, said the additional superintendent.
“We’re looking into the matter,” he added.
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