Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday held a suspected gold smuggler along with 99 gold bars, weighing 12.5 kg from Hatir Mor area of Maheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah district. The suspect has been named as Ibrahim Khalil, son of Abdul Latif of Jagusa village in the upazila. Read:Man held with 56 gold bars at Shahjalal Airport Tipped off, a team of BGB-58 conducted a drive and nabbed Khalil along with the gold bars, said Lieutenant Colonel Shahin Azad, director of BGB-58 in a press briefing on Friday noon. Process is underway to take legal action against the detainee, he added.

Police on Friday detained a smuggler with eight gold bars from Birampur at Hili border of Dinajpur. The detainee was identified as Golzar Hossain, 50, son of Abdur Rahman of Basupara area of the upazila. Police said a team, being informed of gold smuggling in India through the Katla border, conducted a drive in the area around 7pm. Police detained Golzar when he tried to escape after placing gold bars under a wooden log placed next to Katla Bazar. Read: Security guard held with 80 gold bars at Chattogram airport Later, eight gold bars were seized from under the wooden logs. During the interrogation, Golzar admitted that he possessed the gold bars. Sumon Kumar Mahanta, Officer-in-Charge of Birampur Police Station, said legal processes are underway in this regard. Golzar will be produced before court on Saturday. Read: Man held with 25 gold bars at Dhaka airport Earlier on Thursday, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested another smuggler along with four gold bars while trafficking those to India through Haripukur area of Hili border.

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!