Customs officials detained a passenger along with 80 gold bars weighing about 9.28 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Sunday evening.
Acting on secret information, customs officials challenged Md Enamul Haque Chowdhury, 24, at the boarding bridge around 6:30pm when he came out of a Fly Dubai flight after it landed at the airport from Dubai, said airport sources.