Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 162.52 crore during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in the month of January.
During the period, the paramilitary force seized 4.1369 kgs of gold, 4.529 kgs of silver, 210 grams of diamond, 3,05,820 cosmetics items, 1,037 imitations jewelry, 10,187 sarees, 3,995 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets, 2,698 meter unstitched fabric, 7,288 readymade garments, 9,65,461 firecrackers, 4,350 cft timber, 4,262 kgs of tea leaves, 15,665 kgs of betel nuts, 4,20,352 kgs of sugar, 2,356 kgs of fertilizer, 2,641 packets of seeds, 82, 125 kgs of coal, 730 cubic feet stones, 1,602 mobile displays, 49,500 glasses, 1,07,225 kgs fruits, 30,837 kgs of garlic, 19,495 kg of cumin, one touchstone statue, nine trucks, twelve pickups, four private cars/microbuses, two trolleys, 43 boats, 34 CNG/easybikes, 53 motorcycles and 19 bicycles, said a BGB media release signed by its Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam Sunday.
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The seized weapons consist of three pistols, two air guns, one rifle, one magazine, one auto-air rifle, one shot gun and 24 rounds of ammunition.
The seized drugs and narcotics include 14, 89, 270 pieces of Yaba tablets, 2.130 kgs of crystal meth ice, 8.09 kgs of heroin, 426 grams of cocaine, 28,500 bottles of Phensidyl, 18,655 bottles of foreign liquor, 181 liters of Bengal liquor, 498 cans of beer, 1,760 kg of cannabis, 1, 77, 917 packets of cigarettes, 48,835 narcotic tablets/injections, 4,642 bottles of Iscaf syrup, 609 bottles of Mkdil/Cofidil, 7,69,372 different types of medicine and 92,464 Enegra/Senegra tablets, according to the release.
Meanwhile, legal action has been initiated against 163 alleged smugglers, 308 Bangladeshi nationals and 18 Indian citizens for illegally crossing the border during this period.
Besides, 1,538 Myanmar nationals have been repatriated following their detention, according to the press release.