Jessore: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members arrested a man along 20 gold bars worth Tk 92 lakh from Benapole in Sharsha upazila in Jessore on Friday.

The arrestee is Titu Biswas, in his forties, resident of village of Gatipara under Benapole Sadar police station.

Tipped off that a smuggler on a motorcycle was going towards Putkhali border from Benapole along with a consignment of gold, a BGB team launched a drive and arrested Titu from Benapole‐Putkhali road around 5:30pm, said Commanding officer of BGB Battalion‐21 Lt Col Arifur Rahman.

Later, the BGB team recovered the gold weighing 330 gram from his possession and seized the motorcycle.

The arrested was handed over to Benapole Port Police Station and a case was filed.