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GOLD-SEIZURE-ARREST
30 gold bars seized, two foreigners held at Dhaka airport
DHAKA, Aug 08, 2019 (BSS)- The customs intelligence personnel seized 30
gold bars weighing 12 kilograms from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport
here in the early hours of today.
Members of the customs intelligence also arrested two Japanese for their
alleged involved in carrying the gold bars illegally, Customs Intelligence
and Investigation Directorate Director General Dr Shahidul Islam told BSS.
He said, on a tip-off, a team of the intelligence searched the two
Japanese– Takeo Mimura and Shuichi Sato, who came to Dhaka from Malaysia by
an Air Asia flight – and recovered the gold bars from their body.
The estimated value of the seized gold bars is around Taka 6 crore, the DG
said.
Later, the two arrestees were handed over to police and legal steps have
been taken under the customs act, he said.
BSS/Corr/PSB/RY/1535 hrs