The members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) claimed to have detained a man and recovered around 16 kg of gold bars worth Tk 16.7 crore from his possession from Darshana upazila of Chuadanga on Tuesday.

The detainee is identified as Nazmul Islam, 31, of Shyampur village under the upazila and he is a member of an organised gold smuggling gang, the BGB said in a press release.

Acting on a tip-off, Abdul Hakim, commander of Sultanpur BOP, intercepted a motor-biker while he was heading towards Karpasdanga from Darshana.

The BGB members caught Nazmul when he was trying to flee the spot, leaving the motorcycle around 10am.  

During the primary interrogation, he informed the law enforcers that he did not possess any smuggled goods.

Later, the BGB men searched his body and filter box of his motorcycle and recovered 96 gold bars weighing 16kg from seven packets.