18 gold bars recovered in Satkhira

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive recovered 18 gold bars from Kakdanga bordering area in Sadar upazila early Tuesday.

Being information that a big consignment of gold is being smuggled to India, a team of BGB conducted a drive in the area around 3:30am, said Major Syed Fazle Hossain, deputy commanding officer of BGB-33 battalion.

Sensing the presence of the BGB members, the gang fled the scene leaving a packet behind.

Later, BGB members recovered the gold weighing 2.334 kg valued worth Tk 88 lakh from inside the packet.

Source: unb