Woman arriving from Dubai arrested with 8kg of gold at Dhaka airport
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Undated image shows a man counting gold bars
Undated image shows a man counting gold bars .
Customs officials arrested a woman with over 8kg of gold, worth Tk6.57 crore, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night.
The arrestee was identified as Rekha Parvin.
Rekha reached Dhaka from Dubai via an Emirates flight around 11pm, said Farhana Begum, assistant director of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Circle, on Wednesday morning.
Tipped off, a team of customs officials challenged Rekha while she was passing through the green channel of the airport.
Later, they seized 69 gold bars, one gold chain, and six gold bangles after searching her and her handbag.
