Police in a drive detained a man with 12 gold bars from Birampur upazila frontier area of Dinajpur on Tuesday.
The detainee was identified as Joydev Mahanta, 40, son of Giren Mahanta of Kanchanpur village under Adamdighi upazila in Bogura.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid at Mukundapur Market of the upazila around 12:30 pm and arrested Joydev with 12 gold bars worth over Tk1.39 crore, said M Momtazul Islam, officer-in-charge of Birampur Police Station.
A case was filed in this connection with the police station, he added.
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