Customs Intelligence officials arrested a man along with 1.8 kilograms of gold worth Tk 1.5 crore at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Friday morning.
The arrested is Mohammad Ali, 34, a resident of Chikondhandi village under Hathazari upazila in the district.
Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Customs Intelligence Md Ahsan Ullah confirmed the information in a press release on Friday afternoon.
According the press release, Mohammad Ali arrived in the airport on Air Arabia flight G-9526 from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, about 7. 24am on Friday. While scanning his luggage, the scanner revealed suspicious items in his baggage. At that time, custom officials searched him and his baggage and recovered 1.7 kilograms (24 carats) of gold in paste form from a rice cooker and 100 grams (22 carats) of gold ornaments from his possession.
"The arrested made an iron cage inside the rice cooker to avoid being caught in the scanner machine. It looked like a rice cooker but it was the new technique to smuggle the gold," the press release reads.
The estimate market value of the seized gold is Tk 1, 50,00,000, it said.
Process to file a case with Patenga Police Station against him is underway, the press release added.
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