Seven held with 781.3g gold ornaments at Dhaka airport

The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has detained seven people with around 781.3 grams of gold ornaments, 10 mobile phones, two laptops and three cartons of cigarettes in separate drives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here.

Airport (13) APBn conducted three separate drives in the airport area on Friday night and arrested the people with the gold jewelry, said an APBn press release here today.

The detainees are Tofazzal Hossain, 37, Jasim Uddin, 39, Arafat Hossain, 28, Arif, 42, Md Alamin Gazi, 37, Rupban Begum, 39, and MA Matin, 30.

According to the press release, three separate cases were filed against the detained persons with the Airport Police Station today.

Superintendent of Police (Operations) of Airport (13) APBn Mohammad Nazir Ahmed Khan said, "Airport APBn has always been playing an active role in preventing smuggling and curbing other crimes in the airport area."

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