Customs officials detained a 28-year-old man at Shah Amanat International Airport on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to smuggle in gold worth Tk 2.40 crore.

Acting on a tip-off, a Customs team intercepted Mohammad Sohel at the airport upon his arrival from Dubai this morning.

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"Subsequent frisking led to the seizure of 26 gold bars and other gold items weighing 4.1 kg," said Wing Commander Farhad Hossain Khan, the top airport official.

Deputy commissioner of Airport Customs, Sumon Chakma said that the seized items included 26 gold bars, six molten gold leaf, three gold hunch, five bracelets and a gold necklace.

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"The detainee is being interrogated," he said.