A man was held along with 146 gold bars weighing 17 kg from Shah Amanat International Airport here on Tuesday.The arrested was identified as Shah Newaj who hails from Khomdwip village in Boalkhali upazila of the district.Airport sources said a Dhaka-bound flight of United Airways from Oman via Chittagong landed at the Shah Amanat International Airport in the morning.The cabin crew of the aircraft searched the luggage of Newaj on suspicion at about 9:45 am while the flight is about to take off for Dhaka, and recovered the gold bars.Later, Newaj was handed over to police and the seized gold bars were handed over to the Customs authorities, said Susanta Paul, assistant commissioner of Chittagong Customs. -UNB, Chittagong
