Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a suspected member of a gold smuggling gang with four gold bars from the border area with India in Satkhira Sadar upazila Sunday.
The detainee is identified as Md Shamimul Islam, 40, son of late Sajedul Islam of Garakhali village in Kalaroa upazila in the district.
Major Reza Ahmed, commandant of the BGB-33, said they conducted a drive at the frontier Binerpota area acting on a tip off, and arrested him with the four gold bars weighing over 2kg.
A motorcycle was also seized in this connection, and a process is underway to file a case.