KUWAIT CITY: Customs officials have seized 548 grams of gold hidden in the body of a cabin crew at Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport here the other day.
Aslam Omar Belim, 45, a cabin crew of Kuwait Airways, arrived at Dhaka airport on Sunday morning. Customs Intelligence’s Assistant Commissioner Umme Nahida Akhter said Belim’s nervousness attracted attention of the airport staff. After scanning him, the gold was found hidden on his body. Eighty two grams of gold jewellery and four gold bars weighing 10 Tola each were recovered from him. The estimated market price of the gold would be about TK 2.5 million, said Umme Nahida. Legal action is being taken against Belim, she added.
