Customs officials arrested a man along with 22 gold bars, weighing 2.5 kg, at Osmani International Airport here on Tuesday.
The arrestee is Momin Uddin Mamun of Goainghat upazila in the district.
Joint commissioner of Customs Minhaz Uddin, said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines coming from Dubai landed at the airport around 8:45 am.
Tipped off, a team of Customs Intelligence officials challenged Momin and recovered the gold bars worth Tk1.5 crore which were concealed inside his shoe sole.