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Indian sarees, glasses worth Tk 8cr seized in B'baria

Greenwatch Desk Border 2025-10-10, 11:29pm

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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a special operation today seized a huge quantity of Indian sarees and glasses (chashma) worth about Tk 8 crore from Kasba and Monipur border in Brahmanbaria district.


A team of Sultanpur Battalion (60 BGB) of BGB conducted a special anti-smuggling operation in the border areas of Kasba and Moinpur under Kasba Upazila in Brahmanbaria district based on special information this morning, said a BGB press release.

During the operation, BGB seized a huge quantity of Indian high-quality sarees and glasses worth about Tk 8 crore.

Sultanpur Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Md. Ziaur Rahman said in addition to maintaining border security, 60 BGB's operational activities and intelligence activities are continuing to check all types of cross-border crimes, including smuggling of illegal goods through the border, reports BSS. 

In continuation of this, the BGB seized the Indian goods.

He further said that such operations of BGB will continue in the future.

“BGB is always on alert to maintain peace and order in the border areas,” he added.