50 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials recovered 50 gold bars, weighing 5.8kg, from a flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday.

Sazzad Hossain, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Customs House, said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG 022) landed at the airport around 8:40am from Muscat.

Tipped-off, a preventive team of Customs House searched the flight and found the gold bars hidden beneath the seat.

The seized bars are worth an estimated Tk 30 million.