The members of Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (CIID) have detained two persons along with around 40 tolas of gold worth of Tk20 lakh, 42 mobile phone sets and 20 cartoons of foreign cigarettes at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong.
The detainees are Yasin Arafat of Lohagara and Md Joynal of Hathazari, said Pranay Chakma, CIID’s assistant director in Chittagong.
Pranay said the duo landed in Chittagong Airport from Dubai by a flight FZ 589 at around 9am on Wednesday.
Suspecting their movement, the intelligence personnel challenged them and seized the gold that concealed in their belt of wrist watch while the cigarettes and mobile set were recovered from their bags, said Pranay Chakma.