14kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials today seized 120 gold bars weighing around 14 kilogrammes from under a seat of a flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Acting on a tip-off, a smuggling prevention team of Dhaka Customs House conducted a search at the flight this morning and seized the gold bars from under a seat, Shahiduzaman Sarkar, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Customs House, told The Daily Star.

The flight no-RX783 landed at the airport from Kualalampur around 8:16am, the customs official said.

The market value of the gold bars is estimated around Tk 7.5 crore, he added.

No arrest was made in this connection, he said.