One arrested with 2.16kg gold at Ctg airport

Intelligence personnel arrested a passenger with 2.16 kilograms of gold from Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport on Monday.

The market value of the seized gold would be around Tk3.56 crore.

The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Shahidul Alam Chowdhury, a resident of Mirsharai upazila in the district.

Sources said Shahidul arrived from Dubai by a Flydubai flight (FZ463) at 9:40am.

On information, officials of NSI and DGFI intercepted him.

During search, they found gold ornaments and melted gold kept tactfully inside Shahidul’s body, said Airport Spokesperson Engineer Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil.

A lawsuit against Shahidul was under process, he added.