His local accomplice, a civil aviation security guard, has also been arrested in connection with the smuggling. The passenger has been identified as Mohammad Baset, and the name of the security guard is Muhammad Abu Taleb. After the plane landed around 3:15pm, customs and RAB intelligence officials identified Baset and followed him in the arrival area. He said he was supposed to hand over the gold bars to an airport official. Moinul said customs officials recovered 21 gold bars from Baset's luggage.

Source: bd News24 January 30, 2018 19:52 UTC