Dhaka: Customs intelligence detained a man with 3.5 kg gold bars worth around Taka 1.75 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday.

‘As per intelligence report, members of customs intelligence detained Mohammad Adam Ali, 45, who boarded flight BG 022 from Muscat to Dhaka via Chittagong as a domestic passenger. We found 30 gold bars hidden inside a secret pocket on his pant under the belt,’ a customs release said.

During primary interrogation, Ali confessed that one of his co-

passengers named Rahman from Chittagong, handed him over the gold bars. However, Rahman managed to flee the airport as Customs Intelligence members challenged Ali, reports BSS.

A case was lodged in this regard. Police is trying to identify and arrest Rahman.

Customs Intelligence yesterday had also seized around 3.5 kg gold bars at the same airport, hidden inside a microwave oven.