Dhaka, 29 Jan, Abnews: Customs officials have arrested an Indian citizen carrying bead-shaped gold, measuring almost 6 kilogrammes, from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday.
The arrestee was identified as Soumik Dutta, who landed at Dhaka airport in a Regent Airways flight earlier around midnight.
The gold beads weigh around 5.9kg and are worth around Tk 3 crore.
The smuggler had hidden them inside a compressor of an automated water filter.
A process is underway to file a case in this regard. The detainee was handed over to the airport police.
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