Police in Chattogram have arrested two people with 100 gold bars.
The incident was reported from the port city’s CRB area around 11am on Sunday (Mar 3), the Detective Branch said.
“Acting on a tip-off, police raided the car and held two people with gold in possession,” said Deputy Police Commissioner SM Mostain Hossain at a media briefing.
The seized gold bars, weighing over 11kg, are worth about Tk 45 million, he added.
The detainees have been identified as Lavu Saha Prakash Praloy Kumar Saha, 59, and Md Bilal Hossain Prakash Kader, 28.
“Police have opened investigation into the incident,” said Hossain.