BGB could not however detain the gold smugglers.
According to Md Selim Reza, Commander of 49 BGB Battalion Jashore, an intelligence squad of the battalion led by Nayeb Subeder M Abdul Malek, conducted the drive at Durgapur.
Sensing the presence of the border guards a suspected motorcycle rider fled the scene leaving his motorbike.
Later, the BGB men found 2.8 KGs of gold (32 gold bars) worth Tk 1 crore 23 lac 20 thousand hidden inside the silencer pipe of the abandoned motorcycle.
Process is on to take legal measures regarding the seized gold bars. A case was lodged with Benapole police station in this connection.
It may be mentioned that prior to this, a total of six accused have been detained along with almost a dozen kilograms (11.4 KGs) of gold in various anti-smuggling drives in the Jashore border areas till now since March, 2019.