Staff Reporter:
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) yesterday seized 38 pieces of gold bars weighing 4.420 kilograms in an abandoned state after searching a plane at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here.
The estimated market value of the recovered gold bar is around Tk 4.5 crore, sources said.
CIID circle Assistant Director Pradeep Kumar Sarkar told that, “A flight of Salam Airlines (OV-497) landed in Dhaka from Muscat, the capital of Oman, around 5:30 am. After rummaging through the air-craft, two heavy objects wrapped in black tape were found abandoned in the baggage cabin above Seat No. 2 (D-E-F) of the aircraft.”
Later, gold bars were discovered by cutting the black tape, he said.
However, due to the vigilance of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Circle Airport A-Shift, it was possible to stop this shipment of gold, he added.
The seized gold has been deposited to Dhaka Customs House, Sarkar said.
