Customs officials in a drive seized 40 gold bars, weighing 4.64 kg, from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Othello Chowdhury, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Customs House (DCH), said that a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines of Abudhabi-Sylhet-Dhaka route landed at the airport in the morning, reports UNB.
Tipped off, a preventive team of customs entered the flight and confiscated the gold bars worth Tk 23.2 million (Tk 2.32 crore) wrapped with black scotch tap under a seat in an abandoned condition.
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