Chinese citizens held with gold at Dhaka airport

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Published : 17:10, Mar 13, 2019 | Updated : 17:24, Mar 13, 2019

FILE PHOTOCustoms officials at the Dhaka airport have detained two Chinese citizens with 5.56 kilograms of gold on Wednesday (Mar 13).


The passengers, 29-year-old Chan Zifa and 35-year-old Ding Xo Xang have been handed over to the airport police, Deputy Customs Commissioner Othello Chowdhury at the Shahjalal International Airport.
“Members of the preventive team were watching the Chinese nationals from boarding bridge no 9,” he said before adding they did not declare any taxable items but luggage scan indicated otherwise.
The gold was found concealed inside batteries of solar home systems, said the customs official.

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