Dhaka Custom House Preventive Team arrested a female passenger with 1.605 kilograms (kg) of gold including bar, ornaments and gold piece at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the early hours of Friday.
The detainee is Ferdowsi Ara, a Dubai-return passenger as well as a resident of Jaipur village of Chagalnaiya police station in Feni district.
Dhaka Customs House Deputy Commissioner (DC) Preventive Team Syed Mokaddes Hossain confirmed the matter to BSS.
As suspicion was raised, the preventive team challenged her and found those gold items in her luggage at around 12am Friday, airport sources said.
The estimated market value of these gold items is about Tk 1.60 crore.
A case under criminal law was filed with DMP airport police station in this regard alongside handing over Ferdowsi Ara to the police station concerned.
