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Smuggling
SmugglingTurkey says it detains 276 migrants in smuggling operation
It said an operation including coastguard vessels and police teams was launched. The migrants were from countries including Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Somalia, state-owned Anadolu news ...
Woman carrying gold in rectum arrested at Dhaka airport
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 ...
Three held with 94 gold bars in Jashore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday arrested three people along with 94 gold bars in Natunhat area of Jhikargacha upazila in Jashore, reports UNB. They are Md Jahidul Islam, Md Yakub ...
Phensedyl being smuggled in juice bottles
Drug smugglers have been coming up with new tactics to evade detection. In a latest attempt, a man was detained while smuggling contraband phensedyl cough syrup from India in juice bottles, reports ...
Home minister holds Myanmar responsible for yaba smuggling
Smuggling of dangerous drug yaba could not be stopped as neighbouring Myanmar has failed to live up to its commitment, said home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday.“Myanmar promised on ...
64kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs intelligences on Saturday seized around 64-kg of gold worth about Tk 320 million from cargo section of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital, reports BSS.Acting on tip ...
1.4 kg gold found in Sylhet airport
A customs team recovered 12 gold bars, weighing around 1.400 kg, from a dustbin of a toilet at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Saturday, reports UNB. Superintendent of customs intelligence ...
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 ...
Kremlin-backed falcon project sparks smuggling fears
The king motions for the white falcon to be brought closer and reaches out to stroke its chest, smiling as the bird blindly swivels its head, a hood covering its eyes.Russia's Vladimir Putin this ...
A daily duel between customs and Guiana drug mules at French airport
Every day they come. Drug mules from French Guiana in South America, carrying cocaine in their luggage or their stomachs, playing a cat-and-mouse game with customs officials at Paris' Orly ...
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