A total of 80 turtles and 12 pieces gold bars were seized and two persons arrested jointly by Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) and Dhaka Customs House at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday (Apr 11).
“Acting on a tip-off, we jointly arrested a father and a son and recovered 12 gold bars of 2.997 kilograms and 80 turtles,” CIID Director General Dr Md Shahidul Islam told BSS on Friday (Apr 12).
The arrestees – MA Khalek and M Tajul Islam – were sent to court after primary interrogation, he said.
MA Khalek, coming from Thailand, passed a packet wrapped with tape to his son after leaving the green channel. Then the law enforcers arrested both of them, he added.
A case has been filed in this regard.