Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered Indian drugs and smuggled medicines in separate operations along the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah on Friday.
Munshi Imdadur Rahman, Assistant Director of Moheshpur Battalion, (58 BGB), was confirmed the information by a press release on Friday afternoon.
According to the release, a patrol team from Rajapur BOP under Maheshpur Battalion conducted a drive led by Nayeb Subedar Tapas Sarkar. During the operation, they recovered 35 bottles of Indian Eskuf syrup and a motorcycle abandoned on a paved road in front of the house of one Monirul Islam at Singnagar village, about 2 km inside Bangladesh from border pillar 72/4-S.
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No one was arrested in connection with the seizure.
In another operation in the area under Shyamkur BOP, a BGB team led by Havildar Md Eklim conducted a search about 100 yards inside Bangladesh from border pillar 60/105-S. The team recovered 1,040 pieces of Indian medicines from a bamboo grove belonging to one Abdul Malek in Milebariya village.
The estimated value of the seized smuggled goods is Tk 3.12 lakh, according to BGB.
No arrests were made in this connection either.
Assistant Director Munshi Imdadur Rahman, said BGB will continue its hard stance and patrol activities to prevent smuggling and drug trafficking along the border.