Police arrested a man along with 20 gold bars weighing over 2 kg from Rarirchar area of Chandina upazila in Cumilla on Friday.
The estimated worth of the gold bars is 1.3 crore.
The arrestee was identified as Mahmudul Haque, son of Abdus Sabur, hailing from sotobarkona village in Satkania upazila of Chattogram district.
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Police said being tipped off, a police team led by Noman Hossain, sub-inspector of Chandina Police Station conducted a drive in the Dhaka-bound bus from Chattogram and recovered the gold bars from his
A case was filed in this connection, police said.