30 gold bars seized in Jashore, 3 held

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday detained three men along with 30 gold bars from a bus on the Jashore-Magura highway in Jashore.

The detained are Ratan Kumar Poddar, 49, of Munshiganj, Pradip Saha, 55, of Brahmanbaria, and Pankaj Datta, 48, of Dhaka.

BGB-49 commander Lt Col Selim Reza said acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB stooped a Benapole-bound bus in Bahadurpur area at noon and detained three people along with gold bars. The estimated cost of gold bars worth Tk 2.41cr, said the official.

A case in this connection is underway, he added.

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