Man held with 15 gold bars in Jashore

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a man with 15 gold bars weighing 1 kg 652 grams from Goga frontier area in Sharsha upazila of the district on Tuesday.

The detained was identified as Jalal Uddin, 35, son of Ali Kadom hailed from Putkhali in Benapole port thana of the upazila.

On a tip-off, a BGB team conducted a raid in the frontier area at around 11am, arrested Jalal and recovered the gold bars after searching his motorbike, said commander of BGB-21 Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Tanvir Rahman.

A case was filed in this connection, he said.