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4 arrested for smuggling 9.5 kg gold in Chattogram
Crime
2023-06-16, 4:52pm
Gold weighing 9.5 kilograms was smuggled in Chattogram on Friday. UNB
Chattogram, Jun 16 – Police have recovered 9.5 kg of gold from a passenger bus in New Bridge area under Karnaphuli Police Station in Chattogram.
Four people, including two women were arrested with the gold during a search at the New Bridge area adjacent to Shah Amanat Bridge in the city around 9:30am on Friday, said Officer-in-Charge of the police station Dulal Mahmud.
The arrestees are Alak Dhar (23), Narayan Dhar (38), his wife Julie Dhar(35) Paritosh Dhar (38). They are residents of Bashkhali upazila’s Sadhanpur area, said the OC. - UNB