Customs intelligence recovered 48 gold bars, weighing over 15 kilogrammes, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka during the wee hours of today.
Tipped-off, a team of the Customs intelligence recovered the gold bars beside the gents’ washroom in the boarding bridge area of the airport around 1:30am, said a press release of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID)
The gold bars, which were wrapped in white scotch tape, were found inside a trashcan in nine packets, it said.
No one was arrested in this regard, it said adding, that the approximate value of the gold bars could be around Tk 7.86 crore.
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