867gm gold, 204 cartons of cigarettes sized at Dhaka airport

Dhaka Customs House has seized 867gm of gold and 204 cartons of cigarettes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The gold and cigarettes were seized in two separate incidents on Thursday. Confirming the matter, Customs House Assistant Commissioner M Saidul Islam said one M Biplob Hossain was detained with the gold after he arrived at the airport on a flight from Malaysia. He said: “We checked Biplob’s luggage and found the gold in a pipe hidden inside a packet of detergent. “The estimated the value of the gold is Tk43 lakh.” In another incident, customs officials recovered 204 cartons of cigarettes worth Tk5 lakh from two abandoned luggage. Customs officials speculated that smugglers might have left the luggage sensing their presence.