BGB recovers 37 kg gold in Chuadanga

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 37 kgs of gold worth about Tk 16 crore from Chuadanga border yesterday. The gold was being smuggled into India.

No one was arrested.

Director of BGB-6 Col Hasan Imam said they had information about a big shipment of gold to be smuggled into neighbouring India through Nastipur border point of Damurhuda upazila in the district.

The Border Observation Post of the BGB at Sultanpur took up position at the location.

After some time, they saw three people swimming across the Mathabhanga River and heading towards the Indian side around 3:00pm.

The BGB personnel asked them to stop. Sensing danger, the trio threw their belts into the river and fled the scene.

Members of the border force then recovered three belts containing a total of 320 gold bars from the river bed.

A case was later filed with Damurhuda Police Station in this connection.