BGB seizes 320 gold bars in Chuadanga border

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized 320 gold bars weighing around 37 kg from the Mathabhanga River along Nastipur border in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga Wednesday.

BGB battalion- commanding officer Iman Hasan said being tipped-off that a consignment of gold would be smuggled to India through the border, they took position around 80 No main pillar since the morning.

The BGB team challenged three people who were moving around the pillar around 3:00pm, he said.

Sensing danger, the trio threw three bags they were carrying into the river and crossed into the Indian territory swimming across the river, reports UNB.

Later, the paramilitary force members retrieved the three bags and found 320 gold bars inside those, Iman said.