Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth more than Tk 177.78 crore during operations conducted in border areas and other parts of the country in May 2026.
BGB Public Relations Officer Md. Shariful Islam shared the information in a press release on Wednesday.
According to the release, the seized items include 3.648 kg of gold, 4.1 kg of silver, 11,419 pcs sarees, 2,831 pieces of three-piece sets, shirt pieces, and blankets, 9,368 pieces of ready-made garments, and 4,514 metres of cloth.
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Other seized goods include 1,28,928 cosmetics items, 37,154 pieces of imitation jewellery, 39,99,797 firecrackers, 6,017 cubic feet of timber, 7,007 kg of tea leaves, 65,700 Gillette blades, 3,310 kg of betel nut, 25,860 kg of coal, 3,465 cubic feet of stone and 170 cubic feet of sand.
BGB also seized 405 mobile phones, 2,940 mobile displays, 56,148 mobile parts, 36,411 miscellaneous items, 13,053 glasses, 96,402 kg of cumin, 23,451 kg of sugar, 20,07,869 packets of food items, 4,691 kg of garlic, 597 kg of fertiliser, and 228 litres of fuel including diesel, octane, petrol and mobil oil.
Other items include 2,642 packets of pesticides, 2,89,508 pieces of chocolate, 745 cattle including cows and buffaloes, and a number of vehicles, including trucks, covered vans, Mahindra vehicles, pickups, private cars, buses, trolleys, microbuses, CNGs, autorickshaws, motorcycles and bicycles.
The recovered weapons include one foreign or local pistol, one rifle, two magazines, 258 rounds of ammunition, one rocket launcher and two other weapons.
The BGB also reported a large quantity of narcotics seized during the month. These include 16,49,952 Yaba tablets, 3.883 kg of crystal meth (ice), 260 grams of cocaine, 337 grams of heroin, 2,807 bottles of Phensedyl, 8,605 bottles of foreign liquor, 268 litres of local liquor, 2,037 cans of beer, 1,752 kg of cannabis, 2,85,263 packets of bidi cigarettes, 3,35,729 narcotic tablets or injections, 5,58,059 bottles of various syrups, 1,900 tablets such as Anegra or Senegra, and 6,94,330 pieces of various medicines and tablets.
During the operations, the BGB arrested 188 people involved in drug trafficking and smuggling.
Legal action was also taken against 92 Bangladeshi citizens, six Indian nationals and 392 Myanmar nationals, who were detained during the drives for illegal border crossing, reads the release.