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50 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport

| Updated: October 31, 2019 15:16:38


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Customs officials on Wednesday recovered 50 gold bars, weighing 5.8kg, from a flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Sazzad Hossain, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Customs House, said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG 022) landed at the airport at around 8:40am from Muscat, reports UNB.

Tipped-off, a preventive team of Customs House searched the flight and found the gold bars hidden beneath the seat.

The seized bars are worth an estimated Tk 30 million.

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