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GOLD-SEIZURE-AIRPORT
4.640kg gold seized at Shahjalal airport
DHAKA, Nov 21, 2018 (BSS) – Customs officials this morning seized 40
pieces of gold bars weighing 4.640 kilogram worth about Taka 2.32 crore from
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city.
“We recovered 40 pieces of gold bars weighting 4.640 wrapped with black
scotch tape besides seat no 45-B of a flight (BG-228) of the Bangladesh
Airlines soon after it had reached at the airport around 8 this morning,”
deputy commissioner Othelo Chowdhury of Dhaka Customs House told BSS today.
The estimated value of the seized gold bars is Taka 2.32 crore, he also
said.
Legal action was taken to this end.
BSS/CORR/AHJ/IJ/1655 hrs