Dhaka: Members of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested two young men in possession of 21 gold bars weighing 2.1kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early on Friday.

The arrestees are Mohammad Abu Yusuf Bhuiyan, a resident of Burichong, and Masud Miah, a resident of Debidwar upazila of Comilla district.

APBn Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Asma Ara Jahan said Yusuf and Masud landed at the airport from an aircraft of Air Asia Airlines from Malaysia at about 11:30pm on Thursday.

A team of the APBn challenged the duo suspecting their movement when they were staying in car parking area of the airport at about 12:30am on Friday.

The APBn members recovered the gold bars searching their bags and arrested them, the ASP said.

A case was filed against them with Airport police.