Gold bars hidden in toy car seized at Ctg airport
Customs officials at Shah Amanat International Airport seized 10 gold bars from the luggage of a Bangladeshi national returning from Saudi Arabia. The bars were hidden in a toy car.
Mohammad Sajjad Hossain arrived at the airport on Thursday noon on a Biman Bangladesh Airline flight from Saudi Arabia.
He smuggled the gold bars hidden in a toy car, Chattogram Customs House Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Salahuddin Rizvi told The Business Standard (TBS).
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Customs officials at the airport became suspicious after the man was spotted behaving strangely following his arrival on a flight from Saudi Arabia.
Initial investigation revealed the man had ten gold bars, wrapped in black adhesive tape, hidden in the lithium battery of a toy car.
A gold recovery case is being filed, he added.
