Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized drugs worth nearly Tk 21 crore from Cox's Bazar's Teknaf and Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazilas.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB-2 conducted a raid on Thursday night around 11:30 PM in an abandoned slum house located in Naitongpara border area. The raid was part of an effort to intercept drugs being smuggled into the country, according to Shariful Islam, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at BGB headquarters, reports UNB.
As law enforcement approached, two individuals fled the scene. During the search operation, the patrol team discovered a plastic bag containing 1.793 kg of crystal meth, hidden inside a hole in a corner of the house.
In a separate operation in Teknaf, BGB-34 was informed that a significant consignment of drugs was entering Bangladesh from Myanmar through Rejupara border of Naikhongchhari Upazila in Bandarban.
A special team from Rejupara Border Outpost (BOP), led by Captain Abdullah Al Mashrooqi, took position between two hills in the Footerjhiri area. Around 1 AM, the BGB team encountered several individuals, who fled the scene, abandoning a bag containing drugs. The team subsequently seized 2 kg of crystal meth and 80,000 Yaba pills.
The raids continued into the night, but no arrests were made. Operations are ongoing to identify and apprehend those involved in the drug trafficking, PRO Shariful Islam added.
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