Shawdedes Desk:

Customs officials have detained two passengers on Friday with 3kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

The detainees are Md Suman and Md Amin.

The duo come Dhaka from Dubai at about 11:30pm on Friday on a flight of Emirates Airlines.

Tipped off, customs intelligence officials along with members of other law enforcement agencies conducted a search operation inside the aircraft and detained the two with two gold bars.

During the drive, the customs officials also found ten small packets containing 2.34kg gold attached with scotch tape under the seats of the detainees. The total value of the seized gold is Tk 2.5 crore.

A case has been lodged in this regard.