Customs intelligence has detained a passenger with 58 gold bars at the Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Published : 20 Nov 2017, 06:01 PM
The passenger ‘Alam’ hails from Comilla and landed Dhaka Monday on a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain, said Saidur Rahman, assistant commissioner at Dhaka Custom House.
The detectives had received a tip off that the 45-year-old was smuggling the gold.
The bars weigh about 6,700 grams and their estimated market value is around Tk 33.5 million, he added.