Customs officials seized 60 gold bars weighing 6.96 kilogrammes from a dustbin at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) Protocol Officer Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter media, reports BSS.

The custom official said the aircraft of US Bangla (BS-334) landed at the HSIA around 9:30 am from Dubai.

On a tip-off, CIID officials took position at different points in the airport areas, Shafiqul said, adding that later, the gold bars were recovered from a dustbin at the boarding bridge area of Gate bay-19 of the airport.

The market value of the seized gold is around Tk 5.4 crore, he added.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul