Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various smuggled goods worth over Tk 19.08 billion during operations conducted across border areas and other parts of the country last year.
The para-military force carried out anti-smuggling drives from January 1 to December 31, 2025, and seized items included 60.556 kg of gold, 168.241 kg of silver, 171,190 pieces sarees, 126,779 pieces of three-piece/shirt pieces/shawls/blankets, 133,338 pieces ready-made garments, 105,371 metres of cloth, 6,876,611 pieces cosmetic items, 98,706 pieces of imitation jewellery and 20,746,144 pieces fireworks, says BGB headquarters’ Public Relation officer (PRO) Shariful Islam on Monday afternoon.
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Besides, the BGB also seized other goods that included 1,165,489 kg of sugar, 37,618.5 kg of tea leaves, 305,438 kg of onions, 70,293 kg of garlic, 235,843 kg of cumin, 140,274 cubic feet of timber, 19,300 cubic feet of stones, 455,752 kg of coal, 13 statues made of touchstone, 102,912 kg of fertilizer, 34,531 packets of different seeds, 4,201 litres of diesel/petrol/octane, 9,013 mobile phone sets, 123,247 mobile displays, 477,694 pieces of spectacles, 3,346,848 pieces of chocolates, 12,294 cows and buffaloes, and 1,708 vehicles of various types during the period
During the same period, BGB also recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, including 64 pistols, two SMGs, 19 hand grenades, 10 rifles, three revolvers, 56 different types of guns, 1,509 rounds of ammunition, 57 magazines, eight mortar shells, 73,100 lead bullets, 20.05 kg of gunpowder, four mines, 79 hand bombs, 40 petrol bombs, 178 cocktails and 25 other weapons.
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Besides, BGB seized a huge quantity of narcotics in 2025. The recovered drugs included 14,714,298 pieces of Yaba tablets, 10.408 kg of crystal meth ice, 133,396 bottles of Phensedyl, 130,546 bottles of foreign liquor, 2,673.75 litres of locally brewed liquor, 12,678 cans of beer, 22,137 kg of cannabis, 55.636 kg of heroin, 13.647 kg of cocaine, 84 bottles of LSD, 426,705 pieces of Anagra/Senagra tablets, 105,765 bottles of Eskaf syrup, 11,458,693 pieces of various medicines, 1,649 bottles of MKDIL/Cofidil and 694,082 intoxicating and stimulant injections, the BGB PRO added.
Alongside seizing smuggled goods, the border guard also arrested a total of 2,334 people for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking, including Yaba and crystal meth ice, and other smuggling activities. Additionally, legal action was taken against 4,238 Bangladeshi nationals, 124 Indian nationals and 7,368 Myanmar nationals for illegally crossing the border during the last 12 months till December 31 in 2025.