Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian citizen along with four gold bars weighing 2.158 kg from a bus at Benapole in Sharsha upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
The arrestee is Md Ismail Sheikh, 31, son of Md Selim Sheikh hailing from Chennai of India.
On secret information, a BGB team, led by Amrakhali check-post commander Nayeb Subeder M Mizanur Rahman, raided the Benapole-bound Greenline bus coming from Dhaka at Amrakhali around 1pm, said commanding officer of BGB-49 battalion Lt Col Ariful Haque.
The paramilitary force members recovered the gold bullion searching the body of Ismail and detained him.
Later, he was handed over to Benapole Port Police Station and a case was filed in this regard, said officer-in-charge of the police station Apurba Hasan Ahmed.
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