Dhaka, 13 Jan, Abnews: Custom officials detained a Japan national from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport along with 11Kg gold bars in the wee hours of Saturday.
Based on a tip-off, the intelligence officials searched a Japanese, who came from Singapore by a Regent Airways flight around 12:40am and found gold bars worth Tk. 55 million, said Dhaka customs house assistant commissioner Saidul Islam.
Saidul Islam said they will hand over the Japanese to police.
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