UAE-returnee detained at Dhaka airport with gold bars, jewellery worth Tk 8.9m

Customs officials on Monday detained a man at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 1,216 kilogrammes of gold bars and jewellery worth Tk 8.9 million.

The detainee was identified as Md Shah Alam from Feni, reports UNB.

He came to Dhaka on an Air Arabia flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dhaka Customs House Deputy Commissioner Md Riazul Islam said.

On information, a team of Dhaka Customs stopped him at the green channel and found the gold bars and jewellery after searching his bags.

Legal action will be taken against Shah Alam, Riazul Islam said.