Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday detained a man and seized 106 pieces of gold bars, weighing a combined 13kg, along Bengda border in Jhikorgachha upazila of Jashore.
The detainee was identified as Saju Ahmed, 20, son of Abdul Salam of Chougaccha upazila.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB-49 conducted a drive along the bordering area and detained a man in the afternoon, said BGB-49 Commanding Officer Lt Col Shahed Minhaz Siddique.
Later, the BGB men seized the gold bars after searching his body.
The market value of the seized gold bars is Tk 12.22 crore.
A complaint has been lodged with Jhikorgachha police station.
