US-Bangla a gateway to gold smuggling !
Gold worth Tk 47.8m seized, 8 staff held
Staff Correspondent
9th February, 2021 10:01:44
Eight employees of US-Bangla Airlines were arrested by Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate on Tuesday after 60 gold bars worth Tk 47.8 million were recovered from an aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. – SUN PHOTO
Sixty gold bars worth about Tk 47.8 million were seized from an aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Eight staff members of US-Bangla Airlines were also arrested in connection with the smuggling of the precious metal.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized the illegal gold which was being smuggled into Bangladesh from Dubai.
Sixty gold bars worth about Tk 47.8 million were seized from an aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday. Eight staff members of US-Bangla Airlines were also arrested in connection with the smuggling of the precious metal. The Customs Intelligence
US-Bangla a gateway to gold smuggling!
Staff Correspondent
9th February, 2021 11:34:04
Sixty gold bars worth about Tk 47.8 million were seized from an aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Eight staff members of US-Bangla Airlines were also arrested in connection with the smuggling of the precious metal.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized the illegal gold which was being smuggled into Bangladesh from Dubai.
The arrested were identified as catering assistants Md Ali Reza (ID no. 1529), Md Saddam Hossain (ID no. 2696), Md Rashedul Islam (ID no. 1923), Abdur Razzak (ID no. 2540), Ashraful Alam (ID no 1321), Md Abu Saleh (ID no 1979), Md Hanif Dewan (ID no 2711) and Jahedur Rahman (ID no. 2688).