204 gold bars worth Tk25 crore seized at Dhaka airport

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. File Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS
Customs officials recovered 204 gold bars weighing 23.66kg from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday.
According to customs officials, BG-122 flight of Biman Bangladesh from Muscat landed in Dhaka airport at 11:30am.

Acting on a tip-off, a customs team surrounded the aircraft on the runway and recovered the gold bars from the cargo hold.
Estimated value of the seized gold is Tk25 crore, said customs officials.