Police have arrested a man with 3.1297kg of illegal gold during a raid in front of a police checkpoint on the western side of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in the City Gate area yesterday (12 November).
The arrestee was identified as Sudhir Kumar Dhar, 41, a resident of Nani Gopal’s house in Uttar Jaldi area of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram.
Police said the operation was carried out under the overall direction of Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s (CMP) West Division Deputy Commissioner Md Alamgir Hossain and the supervision of Pahartali Zone Assistant Commissioner Md Ruhul Amin Labu.
The operation was led by Akbar Shah Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nazer Hossain.
At the time, Sub-Inspector Mohammad Neyamat Ullah and other police personnel were on duty in the City Gate area. They detained Sudhir in front of the police checkpoint and later recovered the gold from his possession.
A case was filed against him under the Special Powers Act at Akbar Shah Police Station yesterday. He was later sent to court.
According to preliminary police information, Sudhir is suspected of involvement in gold smuggling.
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