Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) apprehended two women along with 40 gold bars, weighing 4.625kg, from Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.
The arrestee-Jasmine Akhter and Pervin Akhter-hailing from Chittagong district, boarded a flight of Regent Airways when it landed at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport in the morning. The Regent Airways' flight landed at Shahjalal International Airport here at around 8:40 am.
When Jesmin and Parvin went to Customs Hall of the airport at around 9:00 am, the CIID officials challenged them and recovered the gold bars, kept inside their bodies, said Moinul Khan, Director General of the CIID.
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