10 kg gold seized at Shahjalal airport

Customs officials seized 10 gold bars weighing 10 kilograms worth about Tk 5 crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital city on Sunday night.

 

"We, on a secret information, seized 10 gold bars weighing one kilogram each from inside seat number 17/E and 17/F of a Singapore returned flight (BG-085) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at the airport around 9.30 on Sunday night," assistant commissioner of customs Rezaul Karim told, reports the BSS.

 

The estimated cost of the seized gold bars is Tk 5 crore, he also said.

 

The seized gold will be deposited to the Bangladesh Bank upon completion of the procedures, he added.

 

A case was lodged to this end.