A returning hajj pilgrim was detained by Armed Police Battalion at Shahjalal International Airport yesterday afternoon after he was found with 10 gold bars worth around Tk5m.
A team led by Senior Assistant Superintendent of APBn Alamgir Hossain caught Md Suruzzaman, the 53-year-old owner of private tour operating company Elegant Aviation, with 1.16kg of gold around 4pm, according to the law enforcing agency.
Alamgir said Suruzzaman had returned by a Saudi Airline’s HV 806 flight around 2:30pm. Security personnel checked his baggage after he crossed green channel. “We found 10 gold bars hidden in his briefcase, money bag and passport holder. We are interrogating him,” he said, “An ornament shop owner gave him money to bring the bars when he went to perform hajj."