Dhaka: Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport held a man with 2.75kilogram gold in Dhaka on Monday morning.

The arrested is Abdul Jalil, said Sohel Rahman, joint commissioner of Dhaka custom house.

Customs intelligence officials challenged Jalil while he was crossing the customs hall along with a ‘car inflator’ machine at about 7:10am, said MD Reyadul Islam, assistant commissioner of Dhaka customs house.

Later, the gold was recovered after cutting the machine.

The gold was wrapped with carbon paper.

Jalil landed at the airport from Malaysia by an aircraft of the United Airlines earlier around 6:10am.