<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Two people including a physician of Chattogram Shah Amanat International airport’s health department were arrested along with four gold bars weighing around 4.64 grams at the airport on Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The arrested physician was identified as Dr Sharif Mithu who is posted at the health department of the airport while the identity of the rest could not be known immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>Group Captain Taslim Ahmed, also director of the airport, said an Air Arabia flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) landed at the airport in the morning.</div><div><br></div><div>The physician might have been carrying the gold bars of a passenger in his packet, he said, adding that the passenger was also arrested in this connection.</div><div><br></div><div>The gold bars were handed over to the Customs Intelligence and Investigation (CIID), Chattogram, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>CIID Assistant Director Md Abdul Matin Talukdar told media that a UAE-returnee gave the gold bars to Dr Sharif who tried to smuggle it into the country safely.</div><div><br></div><div>The gold bars were detected during scanning.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Friday, 14 gold bars worth Tk 1.5 crore were recovered from a cigarette packet at the airport. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>