Police arrested five smugglers along with 25 bhori gold in a raid in Patal area of Baishkanda union under Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka on Wednesday night.

The arrestees are identified as Bashir, 38, son of Abdul Awal, hailing from Dakshin Islampur area of Munshiganj district, Didar Hossain, 32, son of late Alim, from Char Syedpur area of Narayanganj, Rubel Hossain, 38, son of Joynal Abedin, from Patal area in Dhaka’s Dhamrai, Kamal Hossain, 40, son of Abdur Rahim, from the same area and Kamruzzaman Apu, 47, son of Sheikh Abdul Manna, from Char Manikdia village of Gopalganj district.

Confirming the news, Dipak, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhamrai Police Station, said on secrete information, a team of law enforcers conducted a drive and arrested them along with the gold when they were planning for smuggling.

The OC also said that the arrestees were sent to court after filing a case against them with the police station.