BGB Seizes Smuggled Goods Worth Tk 273 Crore in October, Including Over 4 Million Yaba Tablets; 219 Held
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth Tk 273 crore 37 lakh 65 thousand in operations across border areas and other parts of the country during October. The seizures included more than four million yaba tablets, as well as gold, clothing, cosmetics, edible oil, arms, ammunition and large quantities of narcotics.
The figures were disclosed on Saturday in a press release signed by BGB public relations officer Md Shariful Islam.
According to the release, the goods seized last month included 1kg 435 grams of gold, 13,778 sarees, 5,976 three-piece outfits, shirt pieces, sheets and blankets, 2,028 ready-made garments, 4,351 metres of fabric, 1,325 pieces of imitation jewellery, 276,098 cosmetic items, 2,243,257 firecrackers, 5,725 cubic feet of timber, 169,458kg of coal, 1,121 cubic feet of stone, 3,462kg of tea leaves and 1,685kg of betel nut.
Also seized were 381 mobile phones, 15,048 mobile displays, 12,578 mobile phone parts, 98,800 Gillette blades, 26,673 spectacles, 218,233 packets of chocolate, 33,691kg of cumin, 8,544kg of garlic, 6,547kg of sugar, 12,142kg of fertiliser, 1,010,800kg of monofilament fishing net and 2,168,500 litres of edible oil.
Other seized items included 40,000 medical supplies, 1,347 packets of pesticide, 285,034 medicines of various kinds and 10 touchstones. Vehicles seized as used in smuggling included 8 trucks or covered vans, 13 pickups, 8 private cars or microbuses, 49 CNG-run vehicles, easy bikes, auto-rickshaws and pushcarts, 73 motorcycles, 20 bicycles and vans, and 36 boats.
The release also said one SMG, locally made and foreign pistols and other arms, seven magazines, 120 rounds of ammunition and 19 cocktails were recovered in the operations.
The narcotics seized included 4,045,412 yaba tablets, 941 grams of heroin, 1,201 bottles of phensedyl, 8kg 97 grams of crystal meth or ice, 11,307 bottles of foreign liquor, 279.5 litres of local liquor, 1,847 cans of beer, 1,564kg of cannabis, 5,109 bottles of Eskuf syrup, 5,896 bottles of other syrups, 160,517 packets of bidi and cigarettes, and 283,344 intoxicating tablets of various kinds.
BGB said 219 people were detained on allegations of involvement in drug trafficking and other smuggling at the border. In addition, 114 Bangladeshis, 7 Indians and 350 Myanmar nationals were detained for illegally crossing the border and legal action was taken against them.
