Customs officials on Monday seized 60 gold bars worth Tk 5.4 crore weighing 6.96 kilogrammes from a dustbin at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) Protocol Officer Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter to BSS, saying that they detained a cleaner of the HSIA in this connection for interrogation, but the identity of the cleaner is yet to be confirmed, he said.
The customs official said the aircraft of US Bangla (BS-334) landed at the HSIA around 9:30am from Dubai.
On a tip-off, CIID officials took a position at different points in the airport areas, Shafiqul said, adding that later, the gold bars were recovered from a dumpster at the boarding bridge area of Gate bay-19 of the airport.
A process is underway to take legal action in this regard, the customs official said.
