Man Arrested with 11 Gold Bars at Sylhet Airport

A 35-year-old man has been arrested with 11 gold bars worth Tk 80 lakh at Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport on Friday morning, customs officials said.

The detainee is Md Ali Ahmed, 35, a resident of Ujan Meherpur Dorgarbazar in Gopalganj Upazila of Sylhet. His flight from Dubai landed at the airport at about 7:00 am, reports UNB.

Md Al Amin, deputy commissioner of Customs at Osmani International Airport, said Ahmed was stopped for frisking as he was passing through the green channel.

‘We found the gold bars hidden in a nebuliser kept in his bag. A case will be filed against the detainee,’ he added.