14.5kg gold seized at Dhaka airport, 4 held

Two women were held at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today with 14.5kg gold, worth around Tk 7 crore, concealed in their waist.

The seized gold amounted to 125 pieces, said Moinul Khan, director general of Airport Customs Intelligence. Two others were held in this connection.

The four boarded an international flight, that came from Kuwait, from Chittagong and landed at Dhaka airport at 1:00pm, he said.

The detainees were identified as Anwara Begum, 30, Nahida Farzana Moni, 25, Anwar Parvez, 25, and Osman Sohel, 29.