Customs officials detained a man along with 32 gold bars, weighing 3.7 kg, from Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport On Thursday, officials said.
The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Ziauddin, from Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district.
Deputy Director of Chattogram Customs, Saifur Rahman, said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-148) from Dubai landed at the airport in the morning.
During scanning, the customs officials suspected the existence of metal objects inside the body of the passenger and challenged him.
Later, they seized the gold bars from him.
