Airport Customs has recovered 4.64kg gold from an aircraft at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet.

The gold, worth almost Tk2 crore, was recovered from the airport on Wednesday. A man named Jahid Mia has been detained in relation to the incident.

Income tax officer of Osmani Airport, Enamul Haque, said that a Bangladesh Biman aircraft (BG-228) landed at Osmani Airport at 6:50am after leaving from Dubai. Acting on a tip-off, customs officers recovered 40 gold bars from underneath seat no 10A of the aircraft at 7:10am.

The seat’s passenger, Jahid Mia – from Sheikhghat area of Kotwali thana in Sylhet – was detained. A case is being prepared against him at the Airport police station.

Additional Commissioner of Sylhet customs Niazur Rahman, and other ranked officers, visited the site, said Enamul.