BGB seizes smuggled goods worth Tk 134 cr in April

The paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in different drives seized smuggled goods and contraband drugs worth over Taka 134.37 crore in mostly frontier areas across the country throughout April this year.

During this period, the paramilitary force seized 12.40 kgs of gold, 704 grams of silver, 1,90,224 cosmetics, 515 pieces of Imitation jewelry, 7,041 sarees, 10,376 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets, 1,005 cft timber, 1,048 kgs of tea leaves, 12,900 kgs of coal, 38.400 kgs of turtle bones, one touchstone statue, two trucks, one covered van, three private and microbus, three human haulers, 15 boats, 25 human haulers, 63 motorbikes and 11 bi-cycles.

Weapons seized include five pistols, one rifle, four firearms of assorted types, four magazines, and 49 rounds of bullets.

Other smuggled items include 9,05,968 Yaba pills, 12.311 Kg crystal meth, 11,083 bottles of phensedyl, 20,900 bottles of foreign liquor, 1088 cans of beer, 1,116 kg cannabis, 32.793 kg heroin, 51,150 injections, 2,442 Eskuf syrups, 6.880 kg of drugs, 1520 bottles of MkDil/Cofidil,4,56,791 different types of medicines, 899 Anegra and Senegra tablets, 12 bottles of LSD and 56,660 other tablets, said a BGB media release signed by its Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, legal proceedings have been initiated against 155 smugglers, comprising 111 Bangladeshi nationals, five Indians, and 297 Myanmar nationals for unlawfully crossing the border.