Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 20 gold bars worth Tk 3.51 crore from Ramjan Para along the Atwari border area in Panchagarh district on Tuesday.
Acting on a tip-off that a huge consignment of gold will be smuggled through the India-Bangladesh border area, a team of BGB-18 conducted a drive in the area in the morning, said Commanding officer of BGB-18, Lt Col Zubayed Hasan.
1 detained with 14 gold bars worth over Tk 1.41 crore in Satkhira
The BGB team challenged a man near main pillar number 410 in the border area at 11:30 am.
Sensing danger, the man managed to flee the scene leaving behind a bag containing gold bars.
Later, the BGB team seized 20 gold bars.