Chattogram Bureau :
Gold smuggling through Shah Amanat International Airport, Chattogram is allegedly going on in the recent time .
The smugglers choised this airport as safe zone of trafficking. Within the span of two days , 260 gold bars about 33 kgs were recovered in separate drive from the middle east bound passengers.
Custom officials seized 96 gold bars, weighing 9.400 kilograms, from a luggage at Shah Amanat International Airport on Tuesday . One Didarul Alam, hailing from Raozan upazila, was detained in this connection. Customs officials were taking preparation to file a case against him.
Approximate market price of the gold is around Tk 6 crore, said customs intelligence official Md Marufur Rahman .
Deputy Commissioner of the local Customs House Nuruddin Milon said the gold worth around Tk 6 crore was recovered from the luggage of Didarul Alam during scanning. He reached here from Dubai by a flight of Bangladesh Biman, Nuruddin added.
On Monday , 200 gold bars weight about 23 kgs were recovered from a Biman flight scheduled to fly to Middle east countries by customs intelligence.
On next day of the big gold gaul, another consignment of 96 bars recovered from another Biman flight on Tuesday.
The total market prices of these recovered gold is about Tk.15 crores, airport sources said.
Man held with 96 gold bars at airport: Officials of Chattogram Customs held a man with 96 gold bars weighing around 11.2kg inside his luggage at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Tuesday. The detainee, Didarul Alam, was a passenger of flight BG-122 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, arriving from Muscat at 10am, said Nuruddin Milon, deputy commissioner of customs.
While conducting regular formalities during check-out, customs officials challenged Didarul and recovered the bars, worth around Tk 5 crore. Filing of a case is underway. Earlier on Monday, detectives of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate recovered 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Biman flight.
The smugglers choised this airport as safe zone of trafficking. Within the span of two days , 260 gold bars about 33 kgs were recovered in separate drive from the middle east bound passengers.
Custom officials seized 96 gold bars, weighing 9.400 kilograms, from a luggage at Shah Amanat International Airport on Tuesday . One Didarul Alam, hailing from Raozan upazila, was detained in this connection. Customs officials were taking preparation to file a case against him.
Approximate market price of the gold is around Tk 6 crore, said customs intelligence official Md Marufur Rahman .
Deputy Commissioner of the local Customs House Nuruddin Milon said the gold worth around Tk 6 crore was recovered from the luggage of Didarul Alam during scanning. He reached here from Dubai by a flight of Bangladesh Biman, Nuruddin added.
On Monday , 200 gold bars weight about 23 kgs were recovered from a Biman flight scheduled to fly to Middle east countries by customs intelligence.
On next day of the big gold gaul, another consignment of 96 bars recovered from another Biman flight on Tuesday.
The total market prices of these recovered gold is about Tk.15 crores, airport sources said.
Man held with 96 gold bars at airport: Officials of Chattogram Customs held a man with 96 gold bars weighing around 11.2kg inside his luggage at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Tuesday. The detainee, Didarul Alam, was a passenger of flight BG-122 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, arriving from Muscat at 10am, said Nuruddin Milon, deputy commissioner of customs.
While conducting regular formalities during check-out, customs officials challenged Didarul and recovered the bars, worth around Tk 5 crore. Filing of a case is underway. Earlier on Monday, detectives of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate recovered 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Biman flight.
