Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized 400,000 yaba tablets and smuggled goods worth more than Tk 80 lakh in four separate drives along different border areas.
According to BGB press releases, troops of Ukhiya Battalion (64 BGB) recovered the yaba tablets near Shmashan Ghat under Hnila Border Outpost at around 3am.
Four suspected smugglers from Myanmar fled after being challenged by a BGB patrol, leaving behind sacks containing the drugs.
In Sylhet, troops of Battalion-48 seized smuggled goods worth Tk 47.76 lakh in operations at six border outposts. The seized items included cumin, cattle, chocolates, cosmetics, betel nuts, garlic and fish.
Sultanpur Battalion (60 BGB) seized Indian goods worth Tk 32.78 lakh in separate operations in Brahmanbaria and Cumilla. The items included rice, cattle, sarees, edible oil, cosmetics, cannabis and an easy-bike.
In Jessore, troops of Khulna Battalion (21 BGB) arrested a 19-year-old man with 20 yaba tablets during a drive near Goga Border Outpost.
He is being processed for handover to Sharsha Police Station.
BGB said intelligence surveillance and patrol operations would continue to prevent drug trafficking and smuggling and maintain border security.
