Bangladesh, Aug. 18 -- The Airport Armed Police Battalion has detained three people in separate incidents at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport in a single day, seizing 887.5 grammes of gold.

A media statement said that at 9:20am on Sunday, APBn apprehended 27-year-old Md Saleh Faisal with 293.50g of gold ornaments, worth about Tk 3.61 million, at the roundabout of the departure and arrival terminals of Shahjalal International Airport.

On the same day at 1:45pm, APBn detained Monirul Islam, 34, near the Arrival Terminal 2 at Shahjalal Airport.

A search recovered 395g of gold ornaments from him, with an estimated market value of Tk 4.62 million, the statement added.

Two separate cases were filed under the Special Powers Act, 1974,...