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Man held with 15 gold bars of Tk 1.27 cr in Rangpur
News Desk
Crime
2023-06-08, 10:44am
Members of Narcotics Control Department arrested a man and seized 15 gold bars from his possession at Kamarpara in Rangpur City on Wednesday.
Members of Narcotics Control Department arrested a man and seized 15 gold bars from his possession at Kamarpara in Rangpur City on Wednesday.
The arrestee was identified as Foysal, son of Abul Hossain of Munshiganj district.
Acting on a tip off, that a consignment of gold was being smuggled to Rangpur from Dhaka, a team of Narcotics Control Department, intercepted a bus and arrested the man, said Aslam Ali Mandal, inspector of Narcotics Control Department, Rangpur.
Later, they seized 15 gold bars from the belt of the young man.
The market value of the seized gold bars, weighing 150 tola, is Tk 1.27 crore.