NN Online:
A passenger of a Biman flight with 400 grams of gold was arrested by National Security Intelligence (NSI) members at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Wednesday.
The arrestee is Shahin Al Mamun.
Engineer Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, public relations officer of the airport, said the arrestee came from Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight on Wednesday.
Being tipped-off, the NSI members intercepted him while he was coming out through the Gate No-3 of the airport and searched him, he said.
Several gold bars worth Tk 50 lakh were recovered from his hand bag and pant pockets.
The gold was handed over to the airport customs and the arrestee was being interrogated, he said.
