Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Customs officers at Shahjalal International Airport have uncovered 1.29kg of gold paste hidden on a passenger flying in from Sharjah.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) said in a statement on Thursday that a preventive team began surveillance around 6:30am after receiving a tip-off that gold could be smuggled on Air Arabia flight G9 518.

Passenger Arman Uddin Siddique drew the team's suspicion after completing immigration and reaching baggage belt-2.

A search uncovered three oval-shaped pieces of gold paste, dubbed "gold eggs", wrapped in white cellotape and concealed in his rectum.

Each piece weighed 430g, making 1,290g in total. The gold was 24-carat.

The NBR said refining the paste could yield about 1,000g of gol...