Customs officials seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.16kg, worth Tk73 lakh, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Wednesday.
The gold bars were recovered from a passenger arriving from Saudi Arabia.
Saddam Hussain, from Bogura, landed at the airport at 3:29pm by flight BG 4040 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, an official of Dhaka Customs House said.
As he was passing through the green channel after completing the immigration formalities on arrival, his baggage underwent security scanning through the scanning machine.
Gold was detected inside Saddam's luggage during the scanning, the Dhaka Customs House official said.