Customs officials of Shahjalal International Airport have recovered 1.5kg of smuggled gold worth Tk75 lakh inside a vacuum cleaner.
An alleged smuggler named Mahibul Haque Khan, 39, who was carrying the machine, was also arrested.
Sources at the airport said the officials detained Mahibul, who came there from Singapore by a flight of Malaysian Airlines, around 12pm while he was crossing the green channel along with the vacuum cleaner.
After searching he vacuum cleaner, nine gold bars, 12 gold chains and 12 gold rings were recovered.
Confirming the news, Assistant Director of Department of Customs Intelligence and Investigation of Shahjalal International Airport Umme Nahida Akhter said: “He [Mahibul] is a member of smuggling gang.”
A case was filed against the arrested with Airport police station.