DHAKA, July 30, 2026 (BSS) - Police today arrested two suspected members of a gold smuggling syndicate and recovered smuggled gold jewellery worth approximately Tk 89 lakh during a special operation in the capital's Dhanmondi area.

The arrestees were identified as Gobinda Mondal, 52, and Rajan Chandra Sarkar, 35.

According to Dhanmondi Model Police Station, acting on confidential information, police learned that a consignment of smuggled gold brought into the country through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport would be transported through Dhanmondi to the Hazaribagh area this afternoon.

Police then set up a checkpoint in front of Mughal Kabab House on Road No. 27 in Dhanmondi at around 2:20 pm.

During the operation, officers intercepted a motorcycle carrying the two suspects and recovered the smuggled gold jewellery. The motorcycle used to transport the gold was also seized.

Police said the suspects admitted during preliminary interrogation that the recovered gold had been brought into the country illegally by evading customs duties and was being transported for distribution through a smuggling network.

Legal action has been initiated against the accused.