2 passengers held with 17kg gold at Sylhet airport

SYLHET, Feb 6: Two air passengers have been detained with a big haul of gold weighing around 17 kilograms at MAG Osmani International Airport, Sylhet, said authorities on Thursday morning.

The detainees are Aftab Uddin and Sayeed Ahmed. Details about them could not be known yet.

Officials said the flight 'BG-252' of Biman Bangladesh Airlines landed at the airport at 8:26am after departing Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Wishing not to be named, an intelligence official of the airport said the members of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Customs conducted a search drive on suspicion and found the gold in two bags belonging to them.

Later, the consignment of gold was seized for evading duty, he said. �UNB