Gold Smuggling in Bangladesh

Take stern action against gold smugglers

Innovative methods being used to smuggle gold deserve appropriate response from officials

Gold smugglers game the system

International smugglers are bringing gold bars into Bangladesh through legal means and then smuggling those to India.

‘Female smuggler’ held with 57 gold bars in Benapole

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected female smuggler with 57 gold bars weighing 9.2 kilograms in Jashore’s Benapole last night.

Cleaner held with 32 gold bars at Dhaka airport

A cleaner has been detained at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 32 gold bars hidden inside his shoes.

Couple held with 30 gold bars in Dhaka

Customs intelligence officials arrest a couple with 30 gold bars, weighing around 3.5kg, from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

2 Japanese citizens held with 12kgs gold at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detain two Japanese citizens along with 30 gold bars, weighing around 12 kilogrammes, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Nearly 6kgs gold seized from Dhaka, Chattogram airports

Almost six kilogrammes of gold were seized from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport and Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport.

23.4kg gold seized from Biman plane

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials recovered some 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city yesterday.

23.4kg gold seized at Chattogram airport

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) recover 200 gold bars weighing 23.4 kilogrammes from the toilets of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.

May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023

Take stern action against gold smugglers

Innovative methods being used to smuggle gold deserve appropriate response from officials

May 7, 2023
May 7, 2023

Gold smugglers game the system

International smugglers are bringing gold bars into Bangladesh through legal means and then smuggling those to India.

August 29, 2020
August 29, 2020

‘Female smuggler’ held with 57 gold bars in Benapole

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected female smuggler with 57 gold bars weighing 9.2 kilograms in Jashore’s Benapole last night.

February 13, 2020
February 13, 2020

Cleaner held with 32 gold bars at Dhaka airport

A cleaner has been detained at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 32 gold bars hidden inside his shoes.

September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019

Couple held with 30 gold bars in Dhaka

Customs intelligence officials arrest a couple with 30 gold bars, weighing around 3.5kg, from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

August 8, 2019
August 8, 2019

2 Japanese citizens held with 12kgs gold at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detain two Japanese citizens along with 30 gold bars, weighing around 12 kilogrammes, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019

Nearly 6kgs gold seized from Dhaka, Chattogram airports

Almost six kilogrammes of gold were seized from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport and Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport.

April 9, 2019
April 9, 2019

23.4kg gold seized from Biman plane

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials recovered some 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city yesterday.

April 8, 2019
April 8, 2019

23.4kg gold seized at Chattogram airport

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) recover 200 gold bars weighing 23.4 kilogrammes from the toilets of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.

March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019

2 Chinese men held with 11kg gold at airport

Two Chinese men have been arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on charges of trying to smuggle 96 gold bars weighing about 11kg into the country yesterday.