Jashore, June 20 -- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two people and seized 31 gold bars weighing 3.641 kg from a private car on the Jashore-Narail Highway in Jashore early Saturday.

The identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately.

Tipped off, a team of BGB-49 intercepted a private car near Gate-1 of the Jashore BGB-49 Battalion around 2 am and recovered 31 gold bars, three mobile phone sets and Tk 4,815 in cash, said commanding officer of BGB-49, Lieutenant Colonel Golam Mohammad Saiful Alam Khan,.

The seized gold is worth approximately Tk 7.14 crore in the local market.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....