CHITTAGONG: Customs officials detained a passenger of Biman Bangladesh Airlines with 14 gold bars and 70 gold chains at Shah Amanat International Airport on Tuesday morning.

The detainee was identified as M Rashid.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate assistant director Sushanto Paul of Customs’ Chittagong office confirmed the matter to banglanews.

Sushanto said Rashid landed at the airport by Biman BG-048 flight at 6:30am. Officials intercepted him at 7:30pm when he was crossing the green channel and recovered 14 gold bars hidden inside an eyeglass box and 70 gold chains wrapped by paper-made packets after searching.

The seized gold is weighing 2 kilograms while the bars and the chains are worth about Tk 70 lakhs and Tk 20 lakh respectively.

Legal actions would be taken against the man, Sushanto added.

BDST: 1242 HRS, DEC 02, 2014