BGB has arrested a young man named Ripon Hossain (41) from Rudrapur border in Sharsha upazila of Jessore with 26 gold bars worth 7 crore 67 lakh 55 thousand 690 taka.
On Tuesday (September 29), at around 11:30 pm, a notification was issued by the Khulna-21 BGB headquarters. Ripon, who was smuggling gold bars, was arrested from a market in the local Bagachra Bazar at 6 pm. The arrested Ripon Hossain is the son of Abdul Mannan of Basatpur village.
The recovered gold bars have been verified by a skilled jeweler in Jessore. They are pure gold and 24 carats.
Khulna-21 BGB Battalion Commander Lt. Colonel Mohammad Nafiz Imtiaz Ahsan said that after receiving information from Gopan sources, a special patrol team of Rudrapur BGB camp arrested Ripon from Babu Supermarket in Bagh Anchra Bazar, Sharsha and brought him to the camp. According to the information given by him, 26 gold bars were seized from him in a cleverly hidden state. The weight of which is about 3 kg 438 grams. And the market value is 7 crore 67 lakh 55 thousand 690 taka. A case has been filed against him and handed over to Sharsha police station.