Two passengers were arrested with a huge quantity of
foreign cigarettes,
gold bars and mobile phone sets worth over Tk 28.5 lakh at
Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport on Monday night.
The arrested were identified as Mohammad Shahidul Islam and Mohammad Arman Hossain, both hailed from Raozan upazila of Chattogram district.
Group Commander Taslim Ahemd, director of the airport, said a flight of Air Arabia carrying the duo from UAE landed at the airport on Monday night.
Noticing their suspicious movement, members of National Security Intelligence (NSI), Customs Intelligence and Airport Customs challenged them and seized their luggage.
Later, a total of 480 cartons of cigarettes, 99 grams of gold bars and two mobile phones worth Tk 28,64,220 were recovered from two luggages, he said.
The UAE returnees were shown arrested arrested along with the luggage, added the commander Taslim.
SA
