Customs officials on Monday seized 104 gold bars worth Tk 8.44 crore from an aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
According to a press release of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, acting on a tip-off, a team of customs officials searched the cargo hold of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dubai around 9:15am.
Later, the officials found the gold bars weighing 12kg in three packets hidden in the cargo hold of the aircraft.
The gold bars were brought for ‘smuggling’ purposes to avoid duty fees. However, no one was identified, according to customs intelligence sources.
Processes are underway to file a case in this regard, said the release.
