Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized various types of smuggled goods worth about Tk 155.59 crore during operations conducted across border areas and other parts of the country in December 2025.
According to BGB press released on Monday, the seized items include 2.063 kilograms of gold; 14,883 saris; 26,100 three-piece sets/shirt pieces/shawls/blankets; 26,520 ready-made garments; 9,883 meters of fabric; 443,646 cosmetic items; 16,954 pieces of imitation jewellery; 3,386,882 fireworks; 11,119 cubic feet of timber; 4,639 kilograms of tea leaves; 10,099 kilograms of betel nuts; 23,130 kilograms of coal; 708 cubic feet of stone; 176 cubic feet of sand; 4,636 plastic and electronic items; 191 mobile phones; 1,532 mobile displays; 16,473 pairs of spectacles; 34,281 kilograms of cumin; 4,787 kilograms of sugar; 103,326 kilograms of onions; 6,060 kilograms of garlic; 1,905 packets of various types of seeds; 6,575 kilograms of fertilizer; 615 packets of pesticides; 311 liters of diesel; 226,111 pieces of chocolate; 865 cattle and buffaloes; one stone statue; eight trucks and covered vans; 13 pickup vans or Mahindra vehicles; one tractor; seven private cars or microbuses; two trolleys; 69 boats; 25 CNG-run vehicles or easy bikes; 53 motorcycles; and 39 bicycles or vans.
The recovered arms include 12 foreign and locally made pistols, one rifle, three hand grenades, 16 magazines, 336 rounds of ammunition, one mortar shell, 17 kilograms of gunpowder, and six other weapons.
In addition, BGB seized a large quantity of narcotics last month. The confiscated drugs and intoxicants include 911,982 yaba tablets; 354 grams of heroin; 2,101 bottles of phensedyl; 7.439 kilograms of crystal meth (ice); 8,999 bottles of foreign liquor; 272.5 liters of locally made liquor; 1,207 cans/bottles of beer; 1,794 kilograms of cannabis; 232,264 packets of bidis and cigarettes; 32,210 narcotic tablets/injections; 4,217 bottles of Eskaf syrup; 20,848 bottles of various syrups; 11,695 tablets of Anagra/Senegra; five bottles of LSD; and 681,248 pieces of various medicines and other tablets.
During the operations, BGB detained 171 smugglers on charges of involvement in drug trafficking, including yaba, and other smuggling activities. Legal action was also taken against 134 Bangladeshi nationals, 15 Indian nationals, and 276 Myanmar nationals for illegally crossing the border.
