2 kg 66 g of Heroin and Raw Material for Making It Seized on Satkhira Border, Worth About Tk 1.38 Crore
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized 2 kilograms 66 grams of heroin and five bottles of Martini, identified as raw material for making heroin, in separate operations on the Satkhira border. The seized items are worth about Tk 1.38 crore.
Lt. Col. Khandaker Abu Sahal Abdullah, captain of the 17 BGB Battalion at Nildumur, shared the information today, Saturday.
Abdullah said that on November 3, BGB conducted an operation in the bamboo garden area near the Shakhra bridge on the Debhata border and seized five bottles of Indian Martini. It was the first time such a chemical substance had been seized on the Satkhira border.
The seized Martini was sent to the laboratory of Khulna University for testing. On Saturday it was confirmed that the chemical substance is used as raw material for making heroin.
In addition, on November 5, BGB conducted an operation in the Rishipara Boro Bagan area on Kulia Road under the Shakhra Border Outpost, seizing 2 kilograms 66 grams of Indian heroin.
The BGB officer said the seized heroin and heroin-making raw material had been kept in a designated warehouse for destruction.
According to BGB, both operations were conducted in the Debhata border area of Satkhira. The first operation seized the raw material, while the second seized ready-made heroin.
