File photo of gold bar Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThe gold bars are worth around Tk5 croreCustoms officials have detained a person with 96 gold bars, worth around Tk5 crore, at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong. The detainee, Md Shahjahan, arrived in Chittagong at 4:15pm on Sunday from Bangkok on a Regent Airlines flight. Nur Uddin Milon, deputy commissioner of Chittagong Customs House, said: “As the passenger’s movement looked suspicious, customs officials searched him and found a total 96 gold bars, weighing around 11.25 kg, in his possession.”Process is underway to take legal actions against the detainee, he added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 19, 2019 14:37 UTC