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Bangladesh seizes nearly 3,000 kg gold in 3 yrs

Xinhua, February 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Bangladesh law enforcers in the past three years seized gold weighing nearly 3,000 km, said a minister on Monday.

"Gold, gold bars and gold jewellery weighing 784.17 kg were seized in 2015, 1,539.628 kg in 2014 and 620.41 kg in 2013," Bangladeshi Finance Minister AMA Muhith said replying to a scripted question in the parliament on Monday.

He informed the house that the seized gold has been deposited to the central bank of Bangladesh.

In the recent months, almost every day Bangladesh law enforcers seized gold, gold bars and gold jewellery which were being smuggled into the country through airports.

Sources said organized gangs of local smugglers having link with their foreign sidekicks are increasingly using Bangladesh as a route for the illegal transportation of gold, foreign currencies, contraband drug and medicines. Endit