Customs authorities at the Chattogram airport have seized around 6kgs of gold bars on Wednesday from two passengers coming from Muskat and Dubai.
The arrestees are Gias Uddin and Rabiul Hossain.
Assistant Customs Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman said, “Acting on a tip-off, we challenged Gias Uddin when he was landed at the airport from Muskat at 6am. Later, 45 gold bars were seized from his bag weighing 5.248kg.”
“The authorities also seized 762g gold at 7.30am from Rabiul Hossain coming from Dubai when his bag was scanned at the airport.” Mahbubur Rahman added.