Passenger held with nine kg gold bars at Shahjalal airport

Customs officials arrested a passenger along with nine gold bars weighing nine kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Sirajul Islam, 41. He landed in Dhaka from Malaysia via Bangkok by a PG flight of Bangkok Airways. On secret information, officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate challenged Sirajul while he was crossing green channel, said customs sources. After searching his body, the officials recovered the gold bars and a piece of gold weighing 278 gram.

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