Gold bars worth more than 2C seized near Chuadanga border

Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has seized 11 gold bars worth Tk 2.35 crore from a person near the international border in Chuadanga.

Acting on a tip-off, a team from BGB-6 battalion conducted a raid in the Thakurpur area of the district's Damurhuda upazila on Wednesday and spotted the alleged smuggler, said Nistar Ahmed, additional director of the battalion.

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When the man was told to halt, he fled from the spot, leaving a bag behind, near a graveyard along the border. The BGB troops found the gold bars, weighing 3.74 kg, in the bag.