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.

A Bangladeshi national has been detained with seven gold bars and 1,000 cigarettes worth TK 52 lakh at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport, Customs officials said on Tuesday. The detainee has been identified as Mohammad Arman Uddin, a UAE returnee. Arman's flight from the UAE landed at the Chattogram airport on Monday night. Also read: BGB nabs smuggler with 7 gold bars in Rajshahi "As he was passing through the green channel, Customs officials on duty became suspicious and frisked him only to seize the gold bars and the foreign fags," said AKM Sultan Mahmud, deputy director of Customs intelligence and investigation department. A case will be filed in this regard and the detainee will be handed over to the police for further action, said Mahmud. Also read: 2 held with gold bars worth Tk 2.5 cr at Benapole

Customs officials detained a man along with 44 gold bars and gold ornaments, weighing 5.180 kg, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night. The detainee was identified as Ataur Rahman of Habiganj district. Md Toriqul, a surveillance officer of Dhaka Preventive Customs House, said a flight of Arabian Airlines from Sarjah landed at the airport around 9:10 pm. Read: 4 held with 11 kg gold at Sylhet airport Tipped off, a preventive team of customs house challenged Ataur while passing through the green channel of the airport and recovered gold from his luggage. Later, the customs officials recovered 44 gold bars, five pieces of gold ornaments, worth 3.40 crore, from his luggage and body.                    

Preventive team of Dhaka Customs House (DCH) detained a passenger from Saudi Arabia and seized gold weighing around 2.02 kg from Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport on Saturday (May 08, 2021) noon. The passenger was identified as Bahar Miah, hailing from Khagrachhari  District. Sources at the airport said based on secret information, officials of Customs preventive team took position at different strategic points of the airport. Also read: Man held with Tk. 1.8 crore worth gold The Customs officials increased their surveillance when a flight of Saudia Airlines landed at the airport from Saudi Arabia at around 12:50 p.m. When Bahar was about to leave through the Green Channel of the airport, the Customs officials challenged him, said Deputy Commissioner (custumes preventive team ) of the DCH Sadek Hossain. During primary interrogation Bahar denied carrying any gold consignment with his position. But presence of gold was detected through scanning his luggage, he said. Also read: Man arrested with gold worth Tk 5 crore at Dhaka airport Later gold bars of around 2.02 kg was found from inside a pressure cooker and charger light. The gold was hidden in a unique way inside the pressure cooker and charger light so that nobody can detect it, he added. Present market value of the gold recovered is around Taka 1.30 crore. A case was filed with airport police station in this connection and the passenger was handed over to the police station. Read Two held with 2.750 kg gold in Dhaka, Satkhira

Preventive team of Dhaka Custom House on Saturday (May 01, 2021) arrested a man with 2.6 Kg gold at Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. On the basis of a secret tip off, the gold was seized from Joynal Abedin, a passenger of Flight No. SV 3580 from Saudi Arabia at 01:25 pm. According to the passport, Joynal Abedin is from Noakhali district. Also read: Man arrested with gold worth Tk 5 crore at Dhaka airport When asked he denied about the gold while crossing green channel. Later while scanning the luggage, a total 2.8 kg gold was found hidden inside charger light, toys and flask, confirmed Dhaka Customs House Deputy Commissioner (Preventive). Scan of the luggage with the passenger turned up about 2,600 kg of gold inside a charger light peas, toys and flax, according to the Deputy Commissioner (Preventive), Dhaka Customs House. Also read: Man held with 20 gold bars in Jashore Estimated market value of the seized gold is Tk 1.8 crore. The passenger has been handed over to the Airport Police Station and a criminal case has been filed. The seized gold will be dealt with under the Customs Act, said the Deputy Commissioner. Read Dhaka airport goes to the dogs, literally!

A man was arrested with 7.290kg smuggled gold at the Hazrat Shajalal International Airport on Friday.

Police on Saturday recovered gold bars of around Tk1.13 crore and arrested the man behind the mugging of two brothers in Rajshahi city.

Airport Armed Police (AAP) detained five passengers and seized gold ornaments and bars of 2.675 kg and 92 mobile phones on Saturday.