Immigration cop held with gold bars in Dhaka airport

FT ONLINE

An assistant sub-inspector of immigration police has been held with three gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

The detainee, Kamrul Islam Milon, 40, was held around 7:00pm yesterday, Othello Chowdhury, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Customs House, said.

Three gold bars were seized from him; worth around Tk 20 lakh and weighing 400grammes.

ASI Kamrul was heading out of the airport with a school bag when the airport customs officials stopped him for a search. However, Kamrul tried to escape.

But, he was caught and interrogated thoroughly. The gold bars were found in his possession during the course of interrogation.

He was handed over to police.