DHAKA, July 28, 2023 (BSS) - A preventive team of Dhaka Custom House has
seized about 2.1 kilograms of gold in the form of wet dust at Hazrat
Shahjalal International Airport here last night.
Confirming the matter to BSS, preventive team official Md Raihan Rakib said
they found the gold paste wrapped in blue scotch tape, kept in the washroom
beside the TGR Godown inside the airport around 9.30 pm on Thursday.
"We found eight scotch tape-wrapped balls like things hidden in the washroom.
After opening the wrapping in presence of the representatives of all the
agencies working at the airport, we found the gold in the form of wet dust.
The estimated cost of the gold is Taka 1.89 crore," the customs official
said.
No one was arrested in this regard.