Tk35 crore worth of gold recovered from Sylhet airport
Bangladesh
About 34kg gold (worth Tk35 crore) was recovered from a Bangladesh Biman aircraft at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport.
Four people have been detained for questioning in this incident.
Flight BG 248 from Dubai landed at Osmani Airport around 8:50am on Friday. At that time, the customs officers searched the plane based on a tip off and recovered specially wrapped gold bars from under the seats, confirmed Osmani Airport Customs Assistant Commissioner Sajedul Karim.
The airport authorities said after the initial search, the plane left for Dhaka. The plane may be searched again there.
The consignment was seized in a joint operation by National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Customs and Excise Intelligence.
Sajedul Karim said among the recovered gold there are 280 gold bars. Its weight is 32 kg 760 grams. Besides, six gold coated eggs were recovered, weighing 1 kg 591 grams. He said that the market value of the recovered gold is about Tk35 crore.
The customs officer said the process of filing a case is underway.
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