2 held with 17.5kg of gold worth Tk21cr at Sylhet airport
The seized gold will be transferred to the government treasury, and a case will be filed with the Airport Police Station, officials said
Members of Customs Intelligence and National Security Intelligence (NSI) today (6 February) detained two people with 17.5 kilogrammes of gold at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet.
The estimated market value of the seized gold is more than Tk21 crore, the Customs Department said.
The detainees are Syed Ahmed, 24, of Borolekha upazila in Moulvibazar district and Aftab Uddin, 36, resident of Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet district.
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Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Excise, and VAT Bikash Chandra Debnath told BSS that Sayed and Aftab, passengers of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG 252) flight from Sharjah, Dubai, which landed at the Osmani Airport at 8:30am, was carrying the golds inside their luggages.
"On a tip-off, a joint team of NSI and Customs Intelligence conducted a raid at the airport and recovered the gold that was hidden inside a portable fan, rechargeable light, and other materials of the two passengers' luggages," he added.
According to officials, the seized gold will be transferred to the government treasury, and a case will be filed with the Airport Police Station.
