
Officials of Airport Customs Intelligence seized gold bars weighing about 1 kilograms and 373 grams of gold and arrested one at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on early Wednesday.
Customs sources said that the arrested person Ziaur Rahman, 40, came from Kuala Lumpur by a Malaysian Airlines fight.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Customs Intelligence challenged Ziaur when he was coming towards customs lounge in the airport at around 12:15am and recovered 1.373 kg gold after searching his bag.
Two gold bars weighing 1273 grams and some ornaments weighing 100 grams were seized.
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