Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) detained a man along with 3.498 kgs of gold from Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday night.
The detainee was identified as M Masud Imam who returned from Dubai by a flight of Emirates Airlines.
Farhana Begum, assistant director of Customs Intelligence and Investigation circle, said a flight of Emirates Airlines landed at the airport from Dubai around 10:46 pm.
Tipped off, a team of CIID challenged Imam and seized 28 gold bars and gold coins weighing 3.498 kgs worth TK 3.14 crore from his two money bags.
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