Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 253.56 crore during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in the month of September.

During the period, the paramilitary force seized 26.753 kgs of gold, 10 kgs of silver, 2.999 kgs of snake venom, 2,94,482 cosmetics items, 25,442 sarees, 11,620 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets, 80,016 meter unstitched fabric, 1,978 cft timber, 24,667 kgs of tea leaves, 4,77,450 kgs of sugar, 4,041 kgs of fertilizer, 1,11,980 cubic feet coal, 12,900 mobile displays, 1,960 glasses, 30,687 kg of yarn/current net, 45,612 kg of betel nuts, 28,416 kg of fish, 3,774 kg of onion, 37,617 kg of garlic, 4,604 kg of cumin, One touchstone statue, 9 trucks, 17 pickups, 7 private cars/microbuses, 8 trolleys, 191 boats, 21 CNG/easybikes, 108 motorcycles and 21 bicycles, said a BGB media release on Sunday.

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The seized drugs and narcotics include 12,82,943 pieces of Yaba tablets, 9.413 kgs of crystal meth ice, 16. 874 kgs of heroin, 29,164 bottles of Phencidyl, 20,638 bottles of foreign liquor, 137 liters of Bengal liquor, 1, 347 cans of beer, 1,998 kg of cannabis, 89,044 packets of cigarettes, 2,62,701 narcotic tablets/injections, 3,772 bottles of Iscaf syrup, 25.44 kgs of cocaine, 630 bottles of Mkdil/Cofidil, 3,07 ,580 different types of medicine, 84,09,480 Enegra/Senegra tablets, 13 bottles of LSD and 38,655 other tablets, according to the release.

The seized weapons consist of two pistols, one gun, 10 cocktails and seven rounds of ammunition.

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Meanwhile, legal action has been initiated against 241 alleged smugglers, 298 Bangladeshi nationals, and 24 Indian citizens for illegally crossing the border during this period.

Besides, 1,621 Myanmar nationals have been repatriated following their detention, according to the press release.