Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport detained an employee of Qatar Airways with 56 gold bars from the airport Thursday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Md Tajul Islam, an Airport Services Agent for Qatar Airways. Read: Woman gets life term for killing 3-year old nephew in Feni Deputy Commissioner (Preventive) of Dhaka Customs House Sanwarul Kabir said Tajul Islam was detained along with the gold bars weighing about 6.5 kg from the boarding bridge area of the airport. The customs official said that Tajul is being interrogated and a case will be filed against him with Airport police station after the interrogation and he will be handed over to the airport police station.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday arrested a suspected gold smuggler along with 20 gold bars worth Tk 1.63 crore from Poura Park area in the district town.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 60 gold bars, worth Tk 4.96 crore, from Shahzatpur border in Chougachha upazila of Jashore district early Saturday.                    

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 68 gold bars from a flight which returned from Abu Dhabi on Friday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday seized eight gold bars, weighing a combined 2.5 kg from Chakulia in Damurhuda upazila  of Chuadanga district.

A team of Dhaka Customs House arrested a man along with 32 gold bars from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday.