Customs authorities have seized 40 gold bars from an aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The gold was concealed under a passenger seat of the plane, which arrived from Abu Dhabi Wednesday morning, customs Deputy Commissioner Othello Chowdhury told Bangla Tribune.
The customs conducted a search on a tip-off.
“Estimated value of the gold bars weighing over 4kgs is over Tk 23 million,” added the customs official.