Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Wednesday foiled a gold smuggling bid to India through Rudrapur frontier under Sharsha upazila of Jashore district and seized 35 pieces of gold bars worth around Tk 4 crore.
The paramilitary force also arrested two smugglers in connection with the gold smuggling incident.
The arrestees were identified as Md Yakub Ali, 32, and Md Atiar, 42.
Sources at the BGB 21 battalion (Khulna battalion) headquarters said based on secret information, a special patrol team of the battalion was deployed at Bilpara of village Rodrapur on the frontier. At one stage, the BGB team members saw two from a private car and another two persons from motorbikes joined together at Bilpara.
As the BGB patrol team suspected the four people, they chased them. At that time, two people ran away after realising the presence of the BGB patrol. The BGB patrol arrested two others, said commanding officer of the battalion Lt. Col. Mohammad Tanveer Rahman
After searching the private car, the BGB members recovered 35 pieces of gold bars weighing 4.089 kg, wrapped with tape in the AC filter box inside the glove compartment of the private car. The estimated value of the recovered gold is more than Tk 3.86 crore. . Later, the BGB patrol team also seized the private car and one motorcycle used in gold smuggling from the spot, he added.
During primary interrogation, they revealed that they wanted to smuggle the gold consignment to India through Rudrap[ur frontier, the CO of BGB-21 battalion.
Source: United News of Bangladesh