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Man held with 6kg gold bars at Osmani Airport

Senior Correspondent   | banglanews24.com
Update: 2021-11-08 14:18:24
Man held with 6kg gold bars at Osmani Airport [photo collected]

Customs Intelligence arrested a man with 38 gold bars, weighing 6kg, from Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport on Monday morning.

The arrestee is identified as Porendra Das, 38, son of Noresh Das, hailing from Atghar Najirabad village of Moulvibazar Sadar.

A flight of BG-248 landed at the airport from Dubai around 9:30am, said Al-Amin, Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet Customs Excise and VAT.

He said Porendra was challenged while crossing the Green Channel of the airport. After searching his body and luggage, 38 pieces of gold bars were seized from the juice machine in the cartoon.

The market value of the seized gold bars is Tk 3.5 crore.

BDST: 1418 HRS, NOV 08, 2021
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