Bangladesh seized about $1.4 million worth of gold from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka airport Friday, according to a senior official.
Customs officers detained Son Young Nam, the First Secretary of the North Korean Embassy in Dhaka, upon his arrival from Singapore with nearly 60 pounds of gold, according to Reuters. The chairman of the National Board of Revenue, Najbur Rahman, said that Nam had told officials there was nothing to scan in his hand luggage.
“Later we informed our foreign ministry and he was released on Friday under the Vienna Convention,” Rahman said.
The Vienna Convention grants diplomatic immunity to envoys like Nam, but Bangladesh said it will file charges in this case.
[Reuters]
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