DHAKA, Nov 26, 2022 (BSS) - Customs Intelligence officials today arrested 12 people, including three Indian nationals, with 7.432 kg (637.17 bhori) of gold worth Taka five crore from two Darshana-bound buses at Dakkhin Keraniganj area in the district.
"On a tip off, a team of Customs Intelligence with the assistance of police raided two Darshana-bound buses at Dakkhin Keraniganj area in early hours of today and arrested 12 people with 637 bhori of gold worth Taka five crore," Customs Intelligence Revenue Officer Md Shafiqul Islam told BSS this evening.
The two buses were Purbasha Paribahan (Dhaka Metro-B 15-3537) and Royal Paribahan (Dhaka Metro-B 15-3686), he said.
According to passports of the arrestees, they were identified as Rahat Khan (33), Mohsin Al Mahmud (29), Kazi Mamun (34), Syed Amir Hossain (34), Shamim (23), Mamun (37), Bashir Ahmed Kamal (37), Mamun Sarker (37), Atiqur Rahman Meena (42), and three Indian citizens Nabi Hossain (46), Shahjada (47) and Mohammad Imran (37).