Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members arrested a smuggler with 18 gold bars in Satkhira while smuggling those into India yesterday night.
The arrestee was identified as Detainee Pachu Sarker (52), resident of Satkhira Sadar upazila.
BGB-33 Battalion Lt Col Md. Ashraful Haque said, “Pachu Sarker was detained along with 18 gold bars by conducting an anti-smuggling operation in the Satkhira border area.”
The seized gold is worth around Tk 1.66 crore and weighed 2.10kgs, said the BGB official.