Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected gold smuggler along with 14 gold bars (worth Tk 8.5m) from Putkhali border in Benapole region on Saturday evening.
The arrestee was identified as Dilip Halder, 35, son of Khudiram Halder.
Being informed that a consignment of gold was being smuggled to India, a team of BGB conducted a drive and arrested Dilip along with the gold bars weighing 1.630 kilograms estimated to be worth around Tk 8.5 million, said Lt Col Imram Ullah Sarker, commander of BGB-21 battalion, reports UNB.
Later, he was handed over to Benapole Port Police Station after filing of a case in this connection.