Nurul Azim of Raozan aroused suspicion leading detectives to scan his luggage at 9am Sunday, said Assistant Commissioner, customs, Shahadat Jamil.
The bars were found inside a container hidden in one of his bags. They weigh 583 grams and are worth Tk 250,000, he said.
Azim came to Chittagong from Sharjah of UAE on an Air Arabia flight, said the customs official.