Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted operations across the country’s borders and other areas in March, seizing smuggled goods worth a total of Tk 1,65,76,74,000.

During the operations, BGB arrested 112 smugglers — 82 Bangladeshi citizens, 9 Indian nationals, and 21 Myanmar nationals — for illegal border crossings and smuggling, the BGB said in a press release on Wednesday.

The confiscated items included 465 grams of gold, 16,678 sarees, 6,056 shirts, sheets, and blankets, 6,994 ready-made garments, 772 meters of cloth, 469,864 cosmetic items, 9,239 imitation jewelry pieces, 65,02,457 firecrackers, 3,829 cubic feet of timber, 6,259 kg of tea leaves, 2,982 kg of betel nuts, 8,590 kg of coal, 7,090 cubic feet of stones, 230 cubic feet of sand, 382 mobile phones, 11,900 mobile displays, 70,081 eyeglasses, 53,988 kg of cumin, 20,723 kg of sugar, 9,961 food packets, 2,309 kg of onions, 1,879 kg of garlic, 1,940 kg of fertilizer, 1,614 pesticide packets, 2,09,021 chocolates, several stone statues, and various vehicles including trucks, tractors, pickups, CNGs, motorcycles, and bicycles.

Seized weapons included one SMG, one pistol, 13 magazines, 35 rounds of ammunition, two mines, and three other firearms.

The BGB also confiscated large quantities of drugs, including 11,25,975 yaba tablets, 845 grams of heroin, 12 LSD bottles, 2,045 bottles of Phensedyl, 1.79 kg of crystal meth, 8,129 bottles of foreign liquor, 170.5 liters of local liquor, 2,368 cans of beer, 1,133.45 kg of cannabis, 1,24,840 bidi packets, 1,83,661 narcotic tablets/injections, 4,665 bottles of cough syrup, 2,968 Viagra/Sildenafil tablets, 36,860 alcohol pills, and 21,44,152 other medicine tablets.