Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized 19 Indian cows along with a large quantity of smuggled cigarettes at the Jaintapur border in Sylhet.
The seizure was announced on Tuesday in a press release by Lt. Colonel Md. Zubayer Anwar, commanding officer of the 19 BGB battalion in Zakiganj.
According to BGB, a special operation was conducted at Ghilatail, located 500 yards inside Bangladesh from the zero line of the Jaintapur border under the Zakiganj battalion’s jurisdiction. During the operation, a BGB patrol team recovered 18 Indian cows left unattended. The estimated market value of the cows is around Tk 12 lakh.
In a separate operation on Monday at the same border area, BGB recovered one unattended cow and 2,250 packs of Indian cigarettes. The estimated market value of these items is Tk 5.10 lakh.
In total, goods worth Tk 17.10 lakh were seized in the two operations.
Lt. Colonel Zubayer Anwar said the seized items are being handed over to customs authorities and added that such operations will continue to strengthen border security.