Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained two gold smugglers and seized 32 gold bars worth around Tk 7.35 crore while they were attempting to smuggle the gold into India through the Nazirakona border in Mujibnagar upazila of Meherpur on Sunday.

The seized gold bars weighed approximately 3.941 kilogrammes and were valued at Tk 7,35,19,355, according to a press release issued by BGB on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, the members of the Chuadanga Battalion (6 BGB) took a strategic position in the Nagarbil area, about 700 yards inside Bangladesh from border pillar No. 110 under the Nazirakona Border Outpost (BOP).

At around 12:40pm, a BGB team led by Habildar Md Shamimur Rahman spotted two people heading towards the bord...