Published: 10:33 AM, 08 July 2026
BGB recovers contraband goods worth Tk 46.19 lakh in Kushtia
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered Indian narcotics and other smuggled goods worth about Taka 46.19 lakh in three separate drives in different border areas of Kushtia. A press release issued by Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) on Tuesday said the drives were conducted on July 6 and early July 7 in the areas under Kazipur, West Dharmadah and Chilmari Border Outposts (BOPs).
During a drive in the Kalai Pora Math area under Kazipur BOP, the BGB personnel recovered 10,300 pieces of Indian chocolate bombs, 2,400 dexamethasone tablets and 6,940 cyproheptadine hydrochloride tablets left abandoned by smugglers.
In another drive in the West Dharmadah Math (ground) area, the border force seized 15 bottles of Indian liquor, 1,460 dexamethasone tablets, 1,500 cyproheptadine tablets and 78 packets of Indian leaf cigarettes.
Meanwhile, a separate operation in the Shantipara area under Chilmari BOP led to the recovery of 28 bottles of Indian liquor, nine litres of locally-made liquor, 1,000 dexamethasone tablets and 1,000 cyproheptadine tablets.
The total value of the seized narcotics and other contraband goods was estimated at Taka 4,618,990. However, no smugglers were arrested during the drives, the BGB release added.
