Woman carrying gold in rectum arrested at Dhaka airport

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka

A woman carrying 14 gold bars weighing 1.37kg in her rectum was arrested at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on early Saturday, reports UNB. 


Nilufer Yasmin, the arrestee, came to Dhaka on a flight of Thai Lion Air from Bangkok around midnight.

A team stopped her at the green channel acting on a tip-off, said Sulaiman Saif, assistant commissioner of customs.

During interrogation, she confessed that she was carrying gold bars in her rectum.

Later, the gold worth around Tk 7 million was recovered and she was handed over to police.