Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted anti-smuggling operations across the country, particularly in border areas, during the month of September, seizing arms, ammunition, drugs, and other contraband items valued at Tk 253.56 crore, according to a press release issued on Sunday.
Among the seized items were 26.753 kgs of gold, 10 kgs of silver, 2.999 kgs of snake venom, 2,94,482 cosmetic items, 25,442 sarees, 11,620 pieces of three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheets/blankets, 80,016 meters of unstitched fabric, 1,978 cft of timber, 24,667 kgs of tea leaves, 4,77,450 kgs of sugar, 4,041 kgs of fertilizer, 1,11,980 cubic feet of coal, 12,900 mobile displays, 1,960 glasses, 30,687 kgs of yarn/current net, 45,612 kgs of betel nuts, 28,416 kgs of fish, 3,774 kgs of onion, 37,617 kgs of garlic, 4,604 kgs of cumin, a touchstone statue, and several vehicles, including 9 trucks, 17 pickups, 7 private cars/microbuses, 8 trolleys, 191 boats, 21 CNG/easybikes, 108 motorcycles, and 21 bicycles.
In addition, a large quantity of drugs and narcotics was seized, including 12,82,943 Yaba tablets, 9.413 kgs of crystal meth (ice), 16.874 kgs of heroin, 29,164 bottles of Phencidyl, 20,638 bottles of foreign liquor, 137 liters of Bengal liquor, 1,347 cans of beer, 1,998 kgs of cannabis, 89,044 packets of cigarettes, 2,62,701 narcotic tablets/injections, 3,772 bottles of Iscaf syrup, 25.44 kgs of cocaine, 630 bottles of Mkdil/Cofidil, 3,07,580 different types of medicines, 84,09,480 Enegra/Senegra tablets, 13 bottles of LSD, and 38,655 other tablets.
The weapons seized included two pistols, one gun, 10 cocktails, and seven rounds of ammunition.
Legal action has been initiated against 241 alleged smugglers, 298 Bangladeshi nationals, and 24 Indian citizens for illegally crossing the border during the period. Furthermore, 1,621 Myanmar nationals have been repatriated following their detention, the release said.
