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60 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport

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60 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport
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Customs officials seized 60 gold bars weighing 6.96 kilogrammes from a dustbin at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) Protocol Officer Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter media, reports BSS.

He said CIID detained a cleaner of the HSIA in this connection for interrogation, but the identity of the cleaner is yet to be confirmed.

The custom official said the aircraft of US Bangla (BS-334) landed at the HSIA around 9:30 am from Dubai.

On a tip-off, CIID officials took position at different points in the airport areas, Shafiqul said, adding that later, the gold bars were recovered from a dustbin at the boarding bridge area of Gate bay-19 of the airport.

The market value of the seized gold is around Tk 5.4 crore, he added.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul

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