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Saudi Airlines crew Saima remanded again over gold smuggling
DHAKA, March 21, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today put Saima Akhter, cabin
crew of Saudi Airlines on two-day remand in two cases lodged over gold
smuggling.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Didar Hossain passed the order as
investigation officer Safikul Islam produced Saima and her colleague Farjana
Afroza before the court after their first round of remand and pleaded to put
Saima on seven days of fresh remand.
Allowing the plea in part, the court put Saima on two-day remand and sent
Farjana to jail.
Earlier on March 19, Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Tofazzal Hossain put
Saima Akhter and Farjana Afroza on one-day remand each as police pleaded for
a total 10-day remand in two separate cases.
Customs members detained the duo on March 18 at Hazrat Shahjalal
International Airport as they reached here on Saudi Airlines flight SV-802.
Customs intelligence members recovered 26 gold bars from Saima and 10 from
Farjana.
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