Gold worth over 33C seized at Dhaka airport, 3 held

Customs intelligence has seized 29.67kg of gold worth around Tk33.4 crore in separate drives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

On Sunday, a flight of Emirates Airlines EK-586 from Dubai landed at the airport around 6:15pm, reads a press release.

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Acting on a tip-off, a preventive team of Customs House stopped three passengers and recovered three gold bars and some ornaments worth around Tk3.4 crore from their possession.

Later, they were handed over to the airport police.

A case was  filed in this connection.

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On Monday morning, customs officials recovered around 26kg of gold worth around Tk30 crore from another flight of Emirates Airlines from Dubai that landed at the airport.

Tipped off, a team of customs officials searched the flight and found the gold, wrapped with blue scotch tape beneath the seats.