The incident occurred around 11:30pm on Wednesday
BGB seizes over three kilograms of gunpowder from bus in Joypurhat
More than three kilograms of gunpowder have been found in a bus coming from the Hili land port.
Published : 25 August 2016, 08:14 AM
Updated : 25 August 2016, 08:14 AM
No one has been arrested over the haul.
Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) said that the Joypurhat-bound bus was searched on a tip-off.
"Around 3.6 kilograms of gunpowder have been found," said Joypurhat-based BGB-3 Battalion's Operation Officer Major Ashraf Ali.
He said that no one had been detained over the seizure.
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