32 gold bars seized from Biman aircraft
Customs officials seized 32 unclaimed gold bars, weighing around 3.7 kilograms, on an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Shah Amanat International Airport yesterday morning.
Officials of Chittagong customs and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) found the gold after searching a carry-on bag in the onboard luggage compartment of the aircraft after it arrived at the airport from Dubai.
No one, however, was arrested in this connection.
Mahbubur Rahman, assistant commissioner at Chittagong Customs House, said CIID and customs officials searched the aircraft based on secret information that Biman's BG 148 flight, that reached Chittagong from Dubai around 8:00am, had a consignment of smuggled gold on board.
“After searching the hand luggage shelf on the plane, the 32 pieces of gold bars, weighing around 3.7 kilograms, were found in a hand bag,” said CIID Assistant Director Abu Hanif Mohammed Abdul Ahad.
The ownership of the bag was not claimed by any one and the matter was under investigation, he added.
Since January 2018 till date, over 297 pieces of gold bars have been seized from Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport, said sources.
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