DHAKA: Customs officials have seized 50 gold bars, weighing 5kg, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
The gold bars were seized from a Regent Airways flight number RX0787 on Tuesday evening.
Readul Islam, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Customs House, told the Dhaka Tribune that the custom officials caught one suspected after the arrival of flight of Regent Airways from Chittagong around 8:30pm and found gold bars in his shoes.
The arrestee is Jasimuddin, 40 hailed from Chittagong.
Readul said: “The bars weigh 100 gram each. The estimated price of the gold is Tk2.5 crore.”
The legal procedure would be taken in this connection soon, the official said.
