Two held with 19 gold bars in Chuadanga
Published : 07 Jun 2018, 14:57
Sahos Desk
Customs Intelligence officials arrested two people along with 19 gold bars weighing 2.25 kg from Darshana Joynagar Checkpost in Damurhuda upazila on Thursday.
The arrestees were identified as Nurul Islam, 46, son of Mahiuddin of Keraniganj in Dhaka and Masud Rana, 40, son of Nurul Islam Bapari of Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj district.
Tipped off, a team of intelligence officials recovered the gold bars hidden inside a bag of the arrestees while they were heading towards India by a bus around 11 am, said Saifur Rahman, deputy director of Customs Intelligence in Benapole.
The market price of the seized gold bars is Tk 1.10 crore, he added.
Source: unb