3kg gold seized in Jashore
- Update Time : Monday, June 5, 2023
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Members of Border Guard Bangladesh seized 26 gold bars weighing about 3 kilograms at Kabilpur under Chaugachha upazila in Jashore on Monday.
According to a BGB press release, tipped off that gold would be smuggled to India through the border, a BGB team took position in Kabilpur area at about 9:00am.
Sensing their presence, the smugglers fled the scene leaving a packet wrapped with a towel, the release said.
Later, the law enforcers recovered the gold from the packet worth more than Tk 3 crore, it added.
A case was filed at Chougachha police station in this regard and the process of depositing the seized gold bars in the Jashore treasury is under process.
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