Publish: 20:55, 06 Jan, 2025

BGB seizes smuggled goods worth Tk 147.84 cr in Dec

BGB seizes smuggled goods worth Tk 147.84 cr in Dec
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Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 147.84 crore during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in the month of December, reports UNB.

During the period, the paramilitary force seized 4.192 kgs of gold, 10.125 kgs of silver, 7,89,152 cosmetics items, 4,702 imitations jewelry, 11,523 sarees, 9,617 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets, 10,204 meter unstitched fabric, 8,387 readymade garments, 13,42,603 firecrackers, 6,781 cft timber, 6,036 kgs of tea leaves, 21,490 kgs of betel nuts, 3,95,395 kgs of sugar, 12,625 kgs of fertilizer, 1,774 packets of seeds, 80.940 kgs of coal, 520 cubic feet stones, 19,36,200 cubic feet sand, 583 mobile displays, 30,670 glasses, 46,966 kgs fruits, 1,31,463 kgs of garlic, 11,788 kg of cumin, one touchstone statue, 560 grams of venom, five trucks, six pickups, one bus, three private cars/microbuses, three trolleys, 74 boats, 31 CNG/easybikes, 72 motorcycles, 22 vans and 30 bicycles, said a BGB media release signed by its Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam Monday.

The seized weapons consist of one pistol, one air gun, one rifle, five magazines, one mortar shell, one grenade, one rocket launcher and 14 rounds of ammunition.

The seized drugs and narcotics include 2, 66, 262 pieces of Yaba tablets, 1.790 kgs of crystal meth ice, 6.267 kgs of heroin,

28,913 bottles of Phensidyl, 18,324 bottles of foreign liquor, 592 liters of Bengal liquor, 921 cans of beer, 1,093 kg of cannabis, 1, 02, 800 packets of cigarettes, 41,299 narcotic tablets/injections, 3,524 bottles of Iscaf syrup, 5.788 kgs of cocaine, 1,230 bottles of Mkdil/Cofidil, 37,11,547 different types of medicine, 77,892 Enegra/Senegra tablets, and 12 bottles of LSD, according to the release.

Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan

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