Gold worth Tk 3cr recovered from 2 hammers at Dhaka airport; one held

Customs officials detained a man and seized 44 gold bars from inside two hammers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka last night.

Detainee Ataor Rahman landed at the airport from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates on a flight -- G 9510 -- around 9:15pm yesterday, according to a press release.

The officials stopped him when he was crossing the airport's green channel. He initially denied having any taxable items in his luggage, an official of customs told The Daily Star.

"After scanning, we found two hammers in his baggage. We then cut the hammers with bar cutter and found 44 gold bars inside," he said adding that they also found five pieces of gold bangles from his pocket.

The estimated value of the recovered gold is around Tk 3 crore.

Two cases were filed against him in this connection.