Some 6,052 kg illegal gold were seized in the last nine years of the Awami League government, according to a statistics placed in Parliament yesterday, reports UNB.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan placed the statistics while responding to a starred question from Tarikat Federation MP MA Awal (Laxmipur-1).

A total of 4,130.425 kg of illegally imported gold were seized during the two regimes of the present government (from 2009 to 2017) by different agencies of International Resources Division, including three customs houses in Dhaka, Chittagong and Benapole, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, and Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate

The minister said the seized gold was deposited temporarily to the Bangladesh Bank and those will be confiscated and deposited permanently to the central bank following the disposal of cases filed in this regard.