CHATTOGRAM, April 14, 2025 (BSS) - Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested a member of a gold smuggling gang with 14 gold bars worth about Tk 2.2 crore from the Falmundi area under Kotwali Thana in the city on Tuesday night.

The arrestee was identified as Nurul Islam Chowdhury, 63, son of the late Jahir Ahmed, hailing from Hathazari upazila of the district.
Acting on information, police intercepted Nurul Islam around 8:30 pm while he was being chased by a group of people, said Abdul Karim, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Thana.

When asked about the reason for the chase, he spoke incoherently and later confessed to possessing 14 gold bars. Police then detained him and recovered the bars by searching his body.

A case has been filed in this connection.