Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Customs intelligence officials have seized six gold eggs weighing 2.728 kg and worth an estimated Tk 4.91 crore in two separate operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, following an attempt to take the gold back to Abu Dhabi after failing to sell it at the expected price in Bangladesh.

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) conducted the operations on Sunday based on confidential information, according to a press release issued this evening.

In the first operation, a passenger, identified as Mohammad Minhaj, travelling on Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-127 from Dhaka to Abu Dhabi via Chattogram, was offloaded from the flight on suspicion of carrying gold.

The flight departed at ...