Man held with 18 gold bars in Benapole
Thursday, 11 July 2024
BENAPOLE, July 10 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a man along with 18 gold bars worth over Tk 20 million (two crore) from Baropota Bazar along Putkhali bordering area of Benapole early Wednesday.
The arrestee was identified as Limon Hossain, 30, son of Shah Alam of Putkhalki village.
Tipped off, a team of BGB-21 intercepted a man with a motorbike at Tin Raster More near Baropota Bazar early on Wednesday morning and seized the gold bars after searching his body, said commanding officer of BGB-21 Lieutenant Colonel Khurshid Anwar.