2 Burmese held with 29.15kg gold ornaments worth Tk 28.75cr

 
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two Myanmar citizens with 29.15kg of gold ornaments worth Tk 28.75 crore from a house at Hinla in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district.

The arrested were identified as Yeahia Khan, 45, son of Liakat Ali of Kutupalong Rohingya camp and Anwar Sadek, 40, son of Mir Ahmed of Maungdaw in Myanmar.
Tipped off, a team of BGB conducted a drive at a house in Teknaf upazila around 8:30pm on Saturday and arrested them and seized gold ornaments worth Tk 28.75 crore, said Commanding Officer of BGB-2 Lt Col Mohiuddin Ahmed.

They also seized Tk 26,010 in cash from their possession.  After primary interrogation, BGB came to know that Yeahia with the help of Anwar brought the gold ornaments here from Myanmar for sale.