BGB seizes 1,719 kg of garlic bound for India in Rangamati's Baghaichhari, two detained
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized 1,719 kilograms of Bangladeshi garlic in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati while it was being smuggled to India. Two people were detained in the operation.
The operation was carried out at around 11:30pm on Monday (26 October) acting on intelligence. A patrol team of Marissya Battalion 27 BGB raided the Kachuchhari checkpoint area on the Majhipara-Kachuchhari border road in Baghaichhari upazila.
In the operation, led by the battalion's deputy commander Major Sakib Ishrak Orpub, a vehicle was stopped and searched. Forty-four sacks of Bangladeshi garlic being taken for smuggling to India were recovered from the vehicle, weighing 1,719 kilograms in total.
Binoy Chakma (25) and Ripon Chakma (19) were detained in the incident. The vehicle used to carry the garlic, registration Chattogram-Kha-3963, was also seized.
The BGB said the total seizure value of the garlic and the vehicle is Tk 1,515,700.
The two detainees were handed over to Baghaichhari police station along with the seized goods and vehicle. A case was filed at Baghaichhari police station on Tuesday morning (27 October) over the incident.
Marissya Zone 27 BGB zone commander Lieutenant Colonel Zahidul Islam Zahid said surveillance and operational activities had been strengthened further as smugglers were attempting smuggling by various novel methods. Intelligence surveillance and operations to prevent smuggling in the border area would continue, he added.
