Customs officials arrested a man along with 20 gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Sunday.
The arrestee is Mohammad Ohidul Alam.
Khairul Kabir, assistant manager of the airport, said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Dubai landed at the airport around 9am, UNB reported.
Tipped off, a team of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate searched Alam’s luggage on the boarding lounge of the airport and recovered the gold bars, he said.