Members of National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Customs Intelligence recovered seven gold bars, weighing 816 grams, from a bin at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Friday night.

Airport sources said the joint team conducted a drive at the toilet near conveyor belt number one of the airport at about 9:30pm and found the gold bars inside a cigarette packet in a bin.

The market price of the seized gold is worth Tk 70 lakh.

The Customs officials believed that the gold bars might have been carried by a passenger of Air Arabia.

However, no one was arrested in this connection.

BDST: 1300 HRS, MAY 11, 2024
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