More gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have recovered two gold bars from a man who flew in from Malaysia.

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‘Rony’, 37, from Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan, was picked up from the airport’s transit area on Sunday night.

He landed at Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur during late night, said Umme Nahid Akhter, Assistant Director of Customs.

“His body was searched at the transit area because he looked suspicious. We found two gold bars, each weighing one kilogram, in his underwear.”

'Rony' will face legal action, she said.