Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members seized 14 gold bars weighing 1.7 kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this morning.

Six people were detained for carrying the gold bars, said Alamgir Hossain Shimul, senior assistant superintendent of APBn.

The detainees reached the Dhaka airport from Malaysia by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, he said.

On suspicion, police checked their luggage in the canopy area of the airport around 10:00am and found the gold bars along with a few gold chains.

Further details of the detainees were not available immediately.