Imam held with gold

A cleric has been arrested with 1.8kg contraband gold at the Shahjalal International Airport.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 19 July 2014, 05:18 AM
Updated : 19 July 2014, 05:25 AM

Aslam Sheikh, 35, is an employee of the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh.

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Armed Police Battalion (APBn) ASP Md Al Amin said Sheikh returned from Cairo on Saturday morning on a Turkish Airways flight.
"We found 18 gold bars, each weighing 100gm, on him," Amin said.
The seized gold has an estimated market value of around Tk 8 million.
It is not clear whether Sheikh was part of a smuggling racket. He went to Egypt on July 5.
There has been a spurt in gold smuggling in recent months for yet unknown reasons.
Both international airports in Dhaka and Chittagong have reported regular gold hauls over the past months.