Customs intelligence officials seized 6.148 Kg gold worth Tk 3.5 crore from a passenger coming from Dubai at Sylhet Osmani International airport on Monday.
The officials have recovered 38 bars and a disc of gold from Parendranath Dash, a resident of Nazirabad area in Moulvibazar sadar up[azila.
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The airport authority said they found Biman’s BG-248 flight’s passenger Paresh’s movement at the airport suspicious and interrogated him.
At one point he confessed to carrying gold which was recovered from inside a juicer blender in his luggage.
Deputy Commissioner of airport’s customs Mohammad Al Amin said Paresh is currently under the custody of the authority and they are investigating how he got the gold.
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Meanwhile, Parendranath said an anonymous person has handed him the blender.