DHAKA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Customs officials in Bangladesh's main airport in capital Dhaka seized 100 gold bars weighing about 11.6 kg on Monday, from a Qatar Airways flight, an official said.
Acting on a tip-off, the customs official who preferred to be unnamed, told Xinhua that they searched the aircraft and found the gold bars worth about 60 million taka (about 7.23 million U.S. dollars) beneath a passenger seat.
Coming from Doha, the flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 11:00 a.m. local time.
No one was arrested in connection with the seizure.
Sources said organized gangs of local smugglers having link with their foreign sidekicks have been increasingly using Bangladesh as a transit for the illegal transportation of gold, foreign currencies, contraband drug and medicines.
