Gold seized at the international airport in Chattogram Bangladesh

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CHATTOGRAM, 22 February, 2021 (TON): At the Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport, on Monday the customs officials have recovered 17.4kg gold from an aircraft.

The gold was discovered on Biman Bangladesh’s flight BG-128 returning from Abu Dhabi on Monday morning, said Nurunnahar Lily, assistant commissioner of BCS Customs and Excise.

The official told the media that authorities carried out a search on a tip-off after the plane landed.

“We recovered 150 bars of gold, weighing 17.4 kilograms, after searching the air-conditioning panel above the passenger’s seat,” Lily said.

Authorities are yet to make any arrest over the matter and are crucially looking into who is connected with the smuggling of gold.

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