In Jashore, BGB recovers 60 gold bars worth nearly Tk 9 crore

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) team found a substantial amount of gold from the Rajarhat area in Jashore on Tuesday, totaling nearly 9kg, divided equally into 60 bars.

A BGB press release signed by Lieutenant Colonel Shahed Minhaj Siddique, a commandant of the BGB-49 in Jashore, said they came to know that a white microbus carrying a consignment of gold was heading to Jashore from the capital, with the aim to smuggle the illegal consignment to India through the border.

To stop the microbus, two squads from the Khulna and Jashore-BGB battalions established bases in different locations.

After a chase by Khulna BGB, the microbus entered Jashore while another team also chased it.

The microbus fell into a roadside ditch after the driver lost control over the steering being chased by the BGB members, it said.

The driver, however, managed to flee from the vehicle before the arrival of the frontier forces.

Later, a total of 60 gold bars weighing around 8.974 kilograms was recovered from the vehicle, the release said.

The market price of the seized gold was estimated over Tk 8.97 crore and those were submitted to exchequers through Sadar police station.

A process was underway to file a case in this connection, the BGB release added.