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2 Chinese nationals held with 46 gold bars at Dhaka Airport
2 Chinese nationals held with 46 gold bars at Dhaka Airport
Dhaka, May 23 - Members of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) detained two Chinese nationals with 46 gold bars from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Thursday.
The weight of the seized gold bars is around 5.25 kg, with an estimated market value of around Tk five crore.
The arrestees are Liu Zhenjilang and Chenzheng, both are Chinese citizens.
According to the CIID headquarters, being tipped off, customs officials took a precautionary position at Hazrat Shahjalal Airport early Thursday. When a flight of Dubai Airlines landed at the airport at around 6:45 am, the officials challenged gold smugglers Liu Zhenjilang and Chenzheng.
Later, they searched them and found three charger lights from their shoulder bags, followed by the recoveries of 46 gold bars kept hidden inside the batteries of the charger lights.
Sabrina Amin, assistant director of the CIID (Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Circle), said a case has been filed with Airport Police under the Gold Smuggling Act against the arrested Chinese nationals.
The seized gold bars are kept in customs warehouses, she added.-UNB