Man held with 15 gold bars in Rangpur
Friday, 9 June 2023
RANGPUR, June 08 (UNB): Members of Narcotics Control Department arrested a man and seized 15 gold bars from his possession at Kamarpara in Rangpur city on Wednesday.
The arrestee is Foysal, son of Abul Hossain of Munshiganj district.
Acting on a tip-off that a consignment of gold was being smuggled to Rangpur from Dhaka, a team of Narcotics Control Department intercepted a bus and arrested the man, said Aslam Ali Mandal, inspector of Narcotics Control Department, Rangpur.
Later, they seized 15 gold bars from the belt of the young man.
The market value of the seized gold bars, weighing 150 tola, is estimated to be Tk 12.7 million.