gold smuggling
5% advance tax on gold import goes
The government is set to withdraw a 5 per cent advance tax on the import of gold in the fiscal year of 2022-23 to encourage the import of the precious metal through formal channels and discourage smuggling.
Using expats to smuggle gold
In the name of sending gifts to dear ones, several syndicates have been using expatriates to smuggle gold into Bangladesh.
Couple held in Bandarban for smuggling gold worth Tk 3 crores from Myanmar
Police have arrested a couple in Bandarban for allegedly smuggling gold bars worth Tk three crores from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
3 held with 11kg gold in Jashore
Three people are arrested while trying to smuggle gold worth around Tk 6.60 crore into India through the bordering area of Benapole in Jashore, according to officials of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
Man held with over 6kg of gold ornaments
Customs officials detain a man with 6.60 kilogrammes of gold ornaments worth Tk 3.21 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.
2 Biman staffers held with 38 gold bars at Dhaka airport
Two staffers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines are detained with 38 gold bars weighing around four kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka.
Chinese man held with gold bars at Dhaka airport
A Chinese national has been detained with 28 gold bars weighing over three kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in capital Dhaka.
Chinese national held with 2.8kg gold at Ctg airport
A Chinese citizen was held with 24 gold bars, weighing around 2.8 kilogrammes, at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram yesterday. Fan Ronggui, 30, a passenger of flight no. DG-148 of a Biman Bangladesh flight from Dubai, was detained with gold worth Tk 1.20 crore found inside a rechargeable light
23.4kg gold seized from Biman plane
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials recovered some 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city yesterday.
4 held with 56 gold bars in Kalyanpur
Law enforcers arrest four alleged members of an international smuggling gang with 56 gold bars from Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area.
Myanmar national held with gold in Teknaf
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detain a Myanmar national for allegedly smuggling gold ornament weighing 8.77 bhori in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
9kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seizes 80 gold bars weighing 9.28 kilogrammes from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early today.
60 gold bars seized from Biman’s microbus at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seize 60 gold bars weighing 6.96 kilogrammes from a microbus of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and detained the driver of the vehicle at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
6kg gold seized from Indian citizen at Dhaka airport
Customs officers have seized gold, in the shape of beads, from an Indian citizen at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Biman staff held for helping to smuggle gold at Dhaka airport
Customs Intelligence officials detain an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines for helping to smuggle gold bars weighing 732 grams at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
3 held with 9kg gold in Dhaka
Detectives have detained three alleged members of a gold smuggling ring along with 80 gold bars, weighing 9.33 kilogrammes, in Airport Road area of Dhaka.
Govt, traders to blame for gold smuggling: TIB
Lack of policy and absence of implementation of law are responsible for gold smuggling in the country, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) says.
2 kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
In two separate drives, custom officials detain two persons with around 2 kilogrammes of gold from their possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Gold bars found in man’s rectum
Six bars of gold are recovered in a man’s rectum at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
