About 15.5-kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

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DHAKA, March 23, 2019 (BSS) – The customs intelligence personnel seized 48
gold bars weighing 15.738 kilograms from Hazrat Shahjalal International
Airport here early hours of today.

Members of the customs intelligence seized the gold bars in an abandoned
condition beside a gents’ washroom adjacent to the 7th boarding bridge at the
airport around 1:30 am today responding to a secret tip-off, said a customs
intelligence press release.

The estimated value of the seized gold bars is Taka around 7.87 crore, the
release added.

Legal steps have been taken under the customs act, it said.