4 arrested with 14 gold bars in Chuadanga

UNB  :
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested four suspected smugglers with 14 gold bars, worth over Tk 2.24 crore, from Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga early Friday.
The arrestees Ebadul Mollah, 26, Mahabur Hasan, 27 and Riaz Kazi, 21, are from Lohagara upazila of Narail and Sheikh Sohel Rana, 35, hails from Naragati upazila from the same district.
Masud Parvez, director of BGB-58, said a patrolling team of the force took position in Hasadah Bus Stand area of the upazila after being tipped-off that a consignment of gold would be smuggled to India through the border.
The market price of the gold bars is estimated at Tk 2 crore, 24 lakh and 75 thousand, he said.