Smuggler held with 10 gold bars in Benapole

BENAPOLE, Sept 27 (UNB): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday detained a man along with 10 gold bars weighing over one kg on Goga border in Benapole upazila of Jashore.

The detainee was identified as Sakib, a resident of the upazila.

"Tipped off, a team of BGB-21 conducted a drive in the area and detained Sakib with the gold bars worth Tk 10 million (one crore) on Tuesday morning", said commanding officer of BGB-21 Lieutenant Colonel Tanvir Ahmed.

A case was filed at Sharsha police station in this regard, the commanding officer said.