2 youths held with 4.6kg gold in Jashore
Police arrested two youths with 10 gold bars weighing 4.6kg in Jashore's Jhikargacha upazila tonight.
The arrestees are Shaheen Alam, 33, of Balia Vekutia village of Sadar upazila, and Masum Billah, 32, of Gopalpur village of Jhenaidah's Maheshpur, reports our Benapole correspondent quoting Suman Bhakta, officer-in-charge of Jhikargacha Police Station.
He said they were arrested along with the gold from Kayemkola market on Jashore-Chutipur road around 8:30pm.
Acting on a tip-off that a huge consignment of gold was getting smuggled to India, Jhikargacha police conducted a raid in Kayemkola.
While searching vehicles at a check post, they stopped a motorcycle and found the gold from the arrestees, he added.
The value of the gold is worth around Tk 3.5 crore.
Jhikargacha Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) AKM Mamunur Rashid was present during the operation.
A case was filed in this connection.
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