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3 held with gold bars in Shahjalal Airport

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Published: 10:00, 17 December 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
3 held with gold bars in Shahjalal Airport

Staff Correspondent: Customs intelligence and investigation department personnel detained three people including a security guard and seized 10 gold bars weighing 1,160gram at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) Director General Dr Md Shahidul Islam told risingbd.com that the three people were arrested over the gold seizure incident from a flight of Kuwait. 

Sources said that acting on a tip-off, the law enforcers detained the security official red-handed when he took two packets from two passengers of the flight KU-283. Later, ten gold bars were found from the packets.

The current market price of the gold is Tk 60 laks.

risingbd/Dhaka/Dec 17, 2018/M A Rahman/Nasim

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