Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) detained a passenger with over 1.6kg gold at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Wednesday, reports UNB.   

However, the identity of the detained passenger could not be known.

Tipped-off, they came to know that an air passenger brought gold from Dubai illegally in a bag.

The passenger concealed the gold inside a large lock and a battery of the electronic charging light by coating lithium on the gold plate in the bag, he said.

A total of 1.619 Kg of gold was recovered from the bag of the passenger.

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