Man held with 14 gold bars
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a suspected gold smuggler along with 14 gold bars from Putkhali border area of Benapole in Jashore on Saturday evening, reports UNB.
The arrestee is Dilip Halder, 35, son of a certain Khudiram Halder.
Being informed that a consignment of gold was being smuggled to India, a team of BGB conducted a raid and detained Dilip along with the gold bars weighing 1.630 kilogram worth Tk 8.5 million, said lieutenant colonel Imram Ullah Sarker, commander of BGB-21 battalion.
The detainee was handed over to Benapole Port police station after filing of a case in this connection.
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