Customs officials arrested a man with 130 gold bars, weighing 15kg, from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night.
The arrestee was identified as Lutfur Rahman Munshi, 53, of Mymensingh district.
A flight of EK-584 landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Dubai around 11:00pm, said deputy commissioner (preventive) of Dhaka Customs House, Maruf Rahman Khan.
A preventive team of Dhaka Customs House intercepted a passenger of the flight acting on a tip-off and recovered 130 gold bars, after frisking him.
The market value of the seized gold bars is Tk 105 million.
Customs officials will file a case in this regard.
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