DHAKA: Customs officials have seized 1.3 kilograms of gold concealed in a passenger’s wig at the Dhaka airport. The passenger, 45-year-old Md Aminul Haque, arrived at 10:30pm on Tuesday aboard a Malindo Air flight from Malaysia, said customs Assistant Commissioner HM Ahsan Kabir. Haque had attempted to pass through the Green Channel when he was stopped by a customs team.
Though he denied having gold on him, it was traced by the metal detector, said Kabir. “It was later found that the passenger was wearing a wig and hiding the gold inside it.” Thirteen gold bars, each weighing 100 grams, were found under the wig. The market value of the stash was Tk 6.5 million, Kabir said.