UNB, Dhaka :
Customs intelligence officials arrested a young man along with 12 gold bars, weighing 1.39 kg, in his rectum at
Shahjalal International Airport here on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Russel Khan, 32, son of Ashraf Khan of Rauzan upazila in Chittagong district.
Airport sources said the customs officials challenged Russel after noticing the existence of gold while checking through a metal detector when he was crossing the archway of the airport in the morning.
Upon interrogation, the youth confessed that he was carrying 12 gold bars hidden inside in his rectum in exchange for money. Later, the gold bullion were brought out from his bowl through an operation.
Russel arrived at the airport from Dubai by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight via Chittagong.
Customs intelligence officials arrested a young man along with 12 gold bars, weighing 1.39 kg, in his rectum at
Shahjalal International Airport here on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Russel Khan, 32, son of Ashraf Khan of Rauzan upazila in Chittagong district.
Airport sources said the customs officials challenged Russel after noticing the existence of gold while checking through a metal detector when he was crossing the archway of the airport in the morning.
Upon interrogation, the youth confessed that he was carrying 12 gold bars hidden inside in his rectum in exchange for money. Later, the gold bullion were brought out from his bowl through an operation.
Russel arrived at the airport from Dubai by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight via Chittagong.
