Man held with gold worth Tk 3.14 crore at Dhaka airport

Staff Reporter Published: 3 February 2024, 12:38 PM
Man held with gold worth Tk 3.14 crore at Dhaka airport

Customs officials have detained a man with 28 gold bars - weighing around three kgs - at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

The officials detained M Masud Imam after he landed at the airport from United Arab Emirates by a flight of Emirates Airlines, Farhana Begum, Assistant Director of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, confirmed the matter in a press release on Saturday. 

On a secret information, a team of customs intelligence searched the body of Masud Imam and recovered 28 gold bars from his three wallets, the release said.

The market value of the seized gold is approximately Tk 3,14,82000.