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Officials of Dhaka Customs House have detained an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and a passenger with gold bars worth about Tk 2 crore from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport.
A press release of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Friday said the detained Biman employee is named Obaidur Rahman; the other person is a passenger, whose identity was not disclosed. The release said gold bars worth Tk 2.10 crore were recovered after a body search of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines employee.
At around 11:20pm last night, with the assistance of Avsec of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and in the presence of other intelligence agencies, the airport unit of Dhaka Customs House searched Obaidur Rahman’s body and recovered nine gold bars wrapped in tissue from his shirt pocket and waist belt.
The total weight of the recovered gold is 1,049.40 grams (about 1.05kg), with an estimated value of Tk 2.10 crore. After initial questioning, a passenger was detained on the charge of being involved in the incident on the basis of information given by Obaidur.
The release further said proceedings against those involved are under way under the Customs Act 2023 and other relevant laws.
