Gold bars worth Tk 4.5cr seized from Shohagh Paribahan, 3 held
PBC News: Customs officials have seized 58 gold bars worth around Tk 4.5 crore from a bus of Satkhira-bound Shohagh Paribahan.
Three persons–bus driver Shahaday Hossain, his assistant Ibrahim and supervisor Taikul Islam– were detained from the scene.
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate’s Director General Md Abdur Rauf confirmed the matter at a press conference held at IDEB bhaban in the capital on Wednesday morning.
The gold bars, came from Dubai, have been smuggling to neighbouring country India using Bangladesh as a transit.
Abdur Rauf said after getting secret information, the Customs officials conducted a search at a Shohagh Paribahan bus in Dhaka’s Malibag area and found the gold bars under the seat of the driver.
The recovered gold bars are from eight companies. Processing to file a case under the Customs Act is undergoing, he added
