Man held with 25 gold bars at Dhaka airport

PBC News:  Preventive team of Dhaka Customs House (DCH) detained a passenger from Saudi Arabia and seized 25 gold bars worth Tk 2 crore from Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday night.

The passenger was identified as Md Ripon, hailing from Cumilla district.

Sources at the airport said based on secret information, officials of Customs preventive team took position at different strategic points of the airport.

The Customs officials increased their surveillance when a flight of Saudia Airlines landed at the airport from Saudi Arabia at around 11:15pm.

When Ripon was about to leave through the Green Channel of the airport, the Customs officials challenged him, said Deputy Commissioner (custumes preventive team ) of the DCH Md Sanwarul Kabir .

During primary interrogation he denied carrying any gold consignment with his position. ning his luggage, he said.

Later gold bars of around 2.02 kg was found hidden in the sleeves of his jacket, he added.

A case was filed with Airport Police Station in this connection and the passenger was handed over to the police station.