BGB seizes smuggled goods worth Tk 171.60 cr in Sept

During this period, the paramilitary force seized 6.356 kgs of gold, 1.650 kgs of silver, 3,91,793 cosmetics, 2,952 pieces of Imitation jewelry, 9,248 sarees, 13,558 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets, 11,461 pieces of readymade garments, 1,286 meter of clothes, 13,61,276 fireworks, 4,202 cft timber, 2,035 kgs of tea leaves, 11,377 kgs of betel nuts, 13,276  kgs of fertilizers, 81,780 kgs of coal, 735 cubic feet stone, 4,630 cubic feet of sand, 6,349 kgs of cotton/nets, 379 mobile phone sets,  3,443 mobile display, 35,062 glasses, 17,269 pieces of vehicle equipment, 17,641 kgs of sugar, 32,778 kgs of cumin seeds, 9,451 kgs of onion, 130 kgs of garlic, 4,164 packets of seeds, 1,581 packets of pesticides, 189 litres of diesel, 4,39,034 pieces of chocolates, 73,540 Indian rupees, 30,000 US Dollar, 1,525 cattle/buffaloes, 19 trucks/covered vans, 12 pick-up/tractors, one tractor, six trolleys, four  private car/microbus, 130 boats, 36 CNG/easybikes, 66 motorcycles and 67 bi-cycles.

Seized arms include two pistols, two magazines, 100 rounds of bullets and three arms, said a Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam of BGB Headquarters on Sunday.

Other smuggled items include  20,87,143 pieces of Yaba pills, 4.663 kgs of heroin, 4,491 bottles of phensidyl, 12,113 bottles of foreign liquor, 384 litres of local liquor, 1,108 cans of beer, 1,298 kgs of cannabis, 2,24,811packets of bidi/cigarette, 10 kgs of tobacco leaves, 57,745 injections, 4,384 Eskuf syrups, 12,249 Anegra and Senegra tablets and 7,54,258 other tablets.

Meanwhile, legal action has been taken against 198 smugglers, 1197 Bangladeshi nationals, nine Indians for illegally crossing the border during the period, said Public Relations Officer of the BGB headquarters Md Shariful Islam.

Besides, 805 Myanmar nationals have been returned to their country while attempting to enter Bangladesh, reports UNB.