The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday claimed to have detained a man with 30 gold bars, worth more than Tk2.53 crore, at the Benapole border in Sharsha upazila of Jessore.
The detainee is Asiqur Rahman, 36, son of Abdur Razzak of Balunda village in Benapole.
Tipped off, a team of BGB-21 conducted a drive in the Goga area and detained Ashiqur with the gold bars when he was about to sneak into India, said the commanding officer of BGB-21, Lieutenant Colonel Tanvir Ahmed.
He has been handed over to Sharsha police, Tanvir said.
