A Malaysian has been detained with gold worth Tk3.50 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka.
Customs Intelligence detained Chan Gi Kyong, 47, after he arrived in Bangladesh on a Malindo Air flight, around 10pm, on Sunday.
He is a resident of Selangor, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Othello Chowdhury, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Customs House, said Kyong was detained with 7kg of gold worth Tk3.50 crore.
She said the gold bars, weighing 1kg each, were hidden in his specialized jacket and were wrapped in carbon paper.
Chan Gi Kyong has been handed over to airport police.Chan Gi Kyong has been handed over to airport police