A Chattogram court on Sunday sentenced three people to life in prison for bringing 120 gold bars into Bangladesh in June 2015.

The lifers are Zakir Uddin Munna, Md Zaheer and Md Faruk.

Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum Jebunnesa handed down the judgment in presence of one of the convicts on Sunday afternoon, Metropolitan Public Prosecutor (PP) Advocate Md Fakhruddin Chowdhury, said.

The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each, in default, to suffer three months more rigorous imprisonment.

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On June 23, 2015, police arrested the three with 120 gold bars kept inside the oil tank of a private car in Bayazid Bostami police station area of the city.

Later, a case was filed at Bayazid Bostami police station.

Police submitted the charge sheet to the court on November 13, 2015.

On April 18, 2016, the court framed charges against the accused and passed an order to begin the trial.