Three detained at Dhaka airport over gold smugglingThe Airport Armed Police Battalion has detained three people in separate incidents at Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport in a single day, seizing 887.5 grammes of gold. On the same day at 1:45pm, APBn detained Monirul Islam, 34, near the Arrival Terminal 2 at Shahjalal Airport. Two separate cases were filed under the Special Powers Act, 1974, at the Dhaka International Airport Police Station in both incidents. APBn also detained a 32-year-old man named Masum Rana at the airport's Arrival Terminal 2 around 8:30am with 199g of gold ornaments. Each of the detainees has long been involved in a gold smuggling ring at the airport, working as a receiver, it said.

Source: bd News24 August 17, 2025 20:21 UTC