Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) claimed to have apprehended two brothers with 10 gold bars from near Customs House in Benapole on Thursday.
The two have been identified as Milon Hossain, 28, and his younger brother Hiron Mian, 25, son of Shahfiqul Islam of Munshipur village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.
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Lieutenant Colonel Shahed Minhaj Siddique, commandant of BGB-49, said on a tip-off, their team nabbed the duo from near Customs House around 9am and seized the 10 gold bars weighing around 1.1kg.
A case has been filed against the brothers at Benapole Port police station in this connection, he added.