Dhaka Customs House has seized diamonds, gold, platinum, and various precious stones with an estimated market value of Tk2.70 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
The valuables were recovered from the bag of a passenger arriving from Kolkata on Saturday at around 8:30pm. This information was disclosed in a press release issued by Dhaka Customs House on Sunday.
According to the release, the Preventive Team of Dhaka Customs House was conducting surveillance across various areas of the airport based on secret information.
Passenger Md Joni Rahman, who arrived from Kolkata on Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-396, completed immigration and was passing through Green Channel without declaring his baggage.
During scanning of his bag, the presence of metallic substances was detected inside pickle jars.
A subsequent search of the baggage yielded 389 gold rings set with diamonds, 151 platinum rings set with diamonds, 3 white gold items set with diamonds, 2 silver rings set with diamonds, 5 gold lockets set with diamonds, 1 gold chain set with diamonds, 472 gold nose pins set with diamonds, and 720 small and large diamonds, topaz, rubies, and other stones.
In addition, 23 jewellery certificate cards were recovered. According to customs data, the total weight of the seized items is 1 kg 54 grams, with an estimated market value of Tk2.70 crore based on the jewellery certificates.
The Preventive Team of Dhaka Customs House has filed a criminal case against the passenger at the relevant police station.
