Customs intelligence detained a passenger coming from Dubai with over 1.6kg gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Wednesday.

The detainee was Jahangir Alam, who came from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Airport director group captain Taslim Ahmed said they had information that a passenger brought gold from Dubai illegally in a bag.

He said the flight FZ-0563 from Dubai landed at the Shah Amanat Airport at 10:45am. A Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) team seized 1.619 kg of gold bars from the battery of a charger light that he was carrying in his bag, the official added.

Alif Rahman Nirvul, assistant commissioner of the Custom House, said the gold seized would be deposited to the Bangladesh Bank exchequer while a departmental case would be lodged under the customs act.