Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a large haul of gold weighing almost 9kg, distributed equally in 60 bars, from the Rajarhat area in Jashore on Tuesday.
A BGB press release signed by BGB-49 commandant in Jashore Lieutenant Colonel Shahed Minhaj Siddique, read they came to know that a white minivan carrying a consignment of gold was Jashore-bound from the capital, looking to smuggle the illegal consignment to India through the border.
Two teams from Khulna and Jashore-BGB battalions took positions in separate spots to detain the microbus.
The minivan fell into a roadside ditch after it lost control upon being chased by the BGB teams, it read.
The driver, however, managed to flee from the vehicle before the arrival of the frontier forces.
Later, 60 gold bars weighing around 8.974 kilograms were recovered from the vehicle, the release read.
The market price of the seized gold was estimated over Tk 8.97 crore and those were submitted to exchequers through Sadar police station.
A process is underway to file a case for this transgression, the BGB release added.
