Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 1.57 billion (157.42 crore) during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in the month of May, reports UNB.
During this period, the paramilitary force seized 660 grams of gold, 3.370 kgs of silver, 1,22,783 cosmetics, 2,675 pieces of Imitation jewelry, 14,898 sarees, 10,573 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets, 1, 321 cft timber, 1,546 kgs of tea leaves, 26,920 kgs of coal, 300 cubic feet stone, 2.471 kgs of snake venom, one touchstone statue, 18 trucks, three pick-up vans, two private car and microbus, one human hauler, 26 boats, 33 CNG-run auto-rickshaw or easy bikes, 89 motorbikes and 34 bi-cycles.
Seized arms include one pistols, 11 guns of several types, one magazine, 3.980 kg gunpowder and 6,910 rounds of bullets.
Other smuggled items include 4,47,827 Yaba pills, 9.422 Kg crystal meth, 10,760 bottles of phensedyl, 22,621 bottles of foreign liquor, 299 bottles of local liquor, 593 cans of beer, 1,503 kg cannabis, and 36.352 kg heroin.
