Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized 18 kg of hemp, 75 bottles of Indian Fairdeal syrup, and 56 bottles of Indian liquor in separate drives along the Kushtia and Meherpur borders Sunday.
The total estimated seizure value of the recovered narcotics is Tk 1.77 lakh.
A smart patrol team from Dhola BOP under Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) conducted a drive at Dholar Math around 2:00 a.m. Saturday, recovering 18 kg of unclaimed Indian hemp valued at Tk 63,000.
In another drive around 2:00 a.m. Sunday, a BGB patrol team from Kazipur BOP seized 75 bottles of Indian Fairdeal syrup and 56 bottles of Indian liquor worth Tk 1.14 lakh from Mathurapur Refugeepara field.
Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Rashed Kamal Roni confirmed the seizures, reaffirming BGB's uncompromising stance and continued intelligence surveillance against drug smuggling to establish a safe border.