BGB seizes Tk 7.0b contraband goods this year

The Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) seized almost Tk 7.0 billion (700 crore) contraband items, mostly drugs, in the first nine months of the year, reports BSS.  

Apart from drugs, arms and ammunitions including 70 pistols, nine revolvers, 47 guns, 25 bombs, 347 rounds of live ammunition and three bottles of gun powder were also seized, a BGB press release said.

Besides, BGB in the same period arrested 1,227 persons and handed them over to police and filed 24,300 smuggling-related cases.

They also detained 8,083 persons including 2,141 Bangladeshis, 145 Indians and 3,652 Myanmar citizens. Most foreign citizens were handed over to their respective countries, while a few were facing prosecution here.