The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained five people with 200 gold bars in Dhaka’s Dohar Upazila on Friday.
RAB-11 acting chief Major Ashik Billah told Bangla Tribune that the gold weighing about 24kg was seized during a raid on the bank of the Padma River in Dohar.
After receiving a tip on Friday morning that the smugglers were on the riverbank with the gold, a RAB team conducted a raid, he said.
The senior RAB office, however, further details will be provided at a media briefing later on Friday.