5kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Dhaka – Customs officials early Sunday arrested a passenger along with nine gold bars weighing five kilograms at Shahjalal International Airport.Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Customs Intelligence Shohel Rahman said acting on a tip-off they held 48-year old Abdur Razzak, who landed in Dhaka at 12:30 am on Malaysian Airlines flight.He said they later seized five gold bars weighing one kilogram each and four weighing 100 grams each.The estimated market price of the gold would be around Tk 2.7 crore, he added.UNB news agency