Gold Smuggling in Bangladesh

Take stern action against gold smugglers

Innovative methods being used to smuggle gold deserve appropriate response from officials

Gold smugglers game the system

International smugglers are bringing gold bars into Bangladesh through legal means and then smuggling those to India.

‘Female smuggler’ held with 57 gold bars in Benapole

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected female smuggler with 57 gold bars weighing 9.2 kilograms in Jashore’s Benapole last night.

Cleaner held with 32 gold bars at Dhaka airport

A cleaner has been detained at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 32 gold bars hidden inside his shoes.

Couple held with 30 gold bars in Dhaka

Customs intelligence officials arrest a couple with 30 gold bars, weighing around 3.5kg, from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

2 Japanese citizens held with 12kgs gold at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detain two Japanese citizens along with 30 gold bars, weighing around 12 kilogrammes, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Nearly 6kgs gold seized from Dhaka, Chattogram airports

Almost six kilogrammes of gold were seized from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport and Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport.

23.4kg gold seized from Biman plane

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials recovered some 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city yesterday.

23.4kg gold seized at Chattogram airport

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) recover 200 gold bars weighing 23.4 kilogrammes from the toilets of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.

April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019

Nearly 6kgs gold seized from Dhaka, Chattogram airports

Almost six kilogrammes of gold were seized from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport and Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport.

April 9, 2019
April 9, 2019

23.4kg gold seized from Biman plane

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials recovered some 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city yesterday.

April 8, 2019
April 8, 2019

23.4kg gold seized at Chattogram airport

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) recover 200 gold bars weighing 23.4 kilogrammes from the toilets of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.

March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019

2 Chinese men held with 11kg gold at airport

Two Chinese men have been arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on charges of trying to smuggle 96 gold bars weighing about 11kg into the country yesterday.

March 24, 2019
March 24, 2019

2 Chinese nationals held with 96 gold bars at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detain two Chinese nationals in separate incidents with 48 gold bars each at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

March 23, 2019
March 23, 2019

15kg gold found at Dhaka airport

Customs intelligence recovers 48 gold bars, weighing over 15 kilogrammes, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka.

March 14, 2019
March 14, 2019

Gold bars hidden in solar panels

To the naked eye, the two items are just rechargeable solar home systems, costing only a couple of thousands.

March 13, 2019
March 13, 2019

5.56kg gold bars recovered from batteries of ‘solar home system’ at Dhaka airport

The customs officials crush two batteries with a hammer to discover 48 gold bars which were hidden inside.

October 31, 2018
October 31, 2018

10kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials seized 10 gold bars weighing around 10kgs at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

October 16, 2018
October 16, 2018

Malaysian man held at airport with 7kg gold

A Chinese origin Malaysian national was held with seven gold bars, weighing around 7kg, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Sunday night.