DHAKA: Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 1.75 kg gold and arrested an Indian national on Monday evening. The arrestee was identified as Mukesh Kumar.
Sources at the airport said customs officials challenged Mukesh Kumar, who landed at the airport by a fight of Emirates Airlines from Dubai around 5:30pm, for his suspicious movement when he was about to cross the green channel around 6:15 pm.
Searching the body of Mukesh, the customs officials recovered 13 gold bars and a bracelet weighing around 1.75 kg. The gold was kept hidden under the belt of his waist, said Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Customs House Sohel Rahman.
