Custom officials at the Shah Amanat International Airport have recovered 240 gold bars worth Tk12 crore from a plane of Regent Airways.
The plane arrived at the airport from Bangkok around 6pm yesterday.
Moshiur Rahman Mondal, assistant commissioner of customs at the airport, told the Dhaka Tribune that they had found the bars wrapped in a black polythene in an abandoned condition, after searching the toilet of the plane around 6:45pm. No one arrested in this connection, he said.
The gold bars weighing 28 kilogrammes were handed over to Bangladesh Bank while a case was lodged with Patenga police station in this connection, added the assistant commissioner.
Existing law allows a person to carry highest 200 grams of gold from abroad paying necessary duty at the airport while the passenger can bring highest two kilogrammes of gold by giving early notice to the authorities concerned and paying duty, according to a circular of Bangladesh Bank. Till date this year, the customs authorities have seized around 3,000 gold bars worth around Tk200 crore from the Chittagong airport.
