12 gold bars seized, 1 held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-6) members arrested an alleged smuggler along with 12 gold bars worth around Tk 70 lakh from BSCIC area in Sadar upazila early yesterday.

The arrestee, Sharif Uddin, 53, is son of late Shafi Uddin of Puratan Bazar area in Chuadanga’s Damurhuda upazila. 

Additional Superintendent of Police Mohammad Masud Alam said, acting on a tip-off, they searched a Darshana-bound bus from Dhaka and detained Sharif and seized 12 gold bars from his possession.

After interrogation he was produced before a court that sent him to jail.