Gold-smuggling

A total of 9.34 kilograms of gold has been recovered from inside the shoes of two flight crew members on the runway of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized the gold on Sunday. The estimated market value of the seized gold is 162.5 million taka. CIID officials said they recovered a total of 80 gold bars. Each bar weighed approximately 117 grams. The combined weight of the 80 gold bars was 9.34 kilograms. The gold bar...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and narcotics worth Tk 3.4781 billion in raids across various border areas of the country in August. The information was disclosed in a press release sent by the BGB headquarters on Wednesday, 9 September. BGB Public Relations Officer Md. Shariful Islam said 220 smugglers were arrested in August on allegations of involvement in drug trafficking and smuggling. During the same period, 37 Bangladeshis, six Indians and 188 Myanmar nationals...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth Tk 3.478 billion during operations in border areas and various other parts of the country in August. A large quantity of drugs, weapons and ammunition was also recovered during the same period. The information was disclosed in a statement issued Wednesday. According to the statement, the smuggled goods seized by BGB included 8 kg 554 grams of gold, 21,646 sarees, 3,962 three-piece sets, shirt pieces, bed sheets and blankets, 5,154...

Customs officials have recovered 120 gold bars from a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. In connection with the incident, Biman Bangladesh Airlines Assistant Technical Helper Md. Shoaib Gazi has been detained. The operation was conducted at around 11:30 am on Saturday (September 5) based on confidential information. Customs officials and preventive teams from Customs House, Dhaka, along with various intelligence agencies, jointly conducted the operation a...