Members of Border Guard Bangladesh seized 26 gold bars weighing about 3 kilograms in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore on Monday, reports UNB.
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 around 9 am.
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.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
