Customs officials and police in separate drives seized 86 gold bars here on Tuesday and Monday night. Customs officials at Shan Amanat International Airport seized 60 gold bars worth Tk 7 crore from aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines coming from Abu Dubai at 11:50 am on Tuesday. Parvez-al-Zaman, assistant commissioner of Airport Customs Department, said they searched the aircraft and recovered the gold bars in an abandoned condition wrapping in a polythene bag. No arrest could be made in this connection as all the passengers got down from the aircraft by that time. Meanwhile, police seized 26 gold bars worth Tk 8.68 lakh from Oxygen intersection under Bayejid Bostami Police Station around 11 pm on Monday. They also arrested Zakir Hossain, 26, in this connection. Officer-in-charge Sairul Islam of Bayejid Bostami Police Station said they filed a case. – UNB
