On Thursday (January 18, 2024) afternoon, media officer of the Coast Guard Headquarters Lieutenant Commander Khandaker Munif Taqi gave this information.  Based on information that a shipment of gold from abroad would illegally enter Chittagong through Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport, on Thursday (January 18) Coast Guard Base Chittagong Anti-Smuggling Officer- Lt. Commander HM Tanjimul Islam Majumdar, (TAZ), Chittagong Airport under the command of BN  Conducted a special operation on the adjacent airport to Patenga road.  At around 12.30 pm, the movement of a micro moving in front of the Coast Guard Outpost Patenga CCMC was signaled to stop by the Coast Guard member.  On realizing the presence of the Coast Guard, the micro tried to flee at high speed, but the micro was stopped by the Coast Guard member.  Later, 50 pieces of gold bangles, 49 pieces of gold rings (total 1,000 gms), 01 laptop, 19 mobile phones, 16 cartoon Dunhill cigarettes were seized after searching the micro.  At that time, 03 traffickers in the micro along with the driver were arrested.  All the smugglers are permanent residents of Chittagong.