Police on Saturday recovered nine Indian cows, each with an estimated worth of Tk 2 lakhs ahead of Eid ul Azha,  from a smuggler's residence near the border in Panchagarh. The smuggler himself however managed to flee. The cows were recovered from a smuggler named Mamun’s house in Abulpara village of Amarkhana border area in Sadar upazila. Tipped off, a team of Panchagarh sadar police conducted a drive at the address and recovered the cows, but Mamun fled sensing the  presence of police. Also read: Panchagarh haats ordered shut following breach of Covid protocols   Officer-in-Charge of Panchagarh Sadar police station Abu Akkas Ahmed said the cows are currently being kept at the police station, but and will be auctioned later. A case will be filed in this regard, he said.