Around seven kilograms of gold was recovered in separate drives by personnel of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) and Armed Police Battalion at the capital’s Hajarat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.
They also arrested four persons in connection with the smuggling of the gold into the country.
The Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials seized six gold bars weighing six kilograms around 12pm from a passenger who landed at the airport from Kuala Lumpur on a flight of the Malaysia Airlines.
“As we frisked the body of passenger Abdur Razzak (60) and checked his luggage we found the gold bars immediately after his arrival in Dhaka,” said Ayesha Akhter, an assistant director of the CIID.
She said detained Abdur Razzak, who is suspected to be a member of a gold smuggling ring, was handed over to airport police and a case was filed in this connection.
Meanwhile, Assistant Superintendent of Police Alamgir Hossain Shimul said they also recovered 800 grams of gold around 8am by arresting three other passengers who came from different countries.
The detained passengers were identified as Hanif Mahmud, Mohammad Latif and Shipon Miah.
