Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 192 crore during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in September.

On the other hand, last August the BGB seized goods worth Tk 215 crore, an increase by Tk 22.8139 crore compared to last September.

During the period (from September 1 to 30), the paramilitary force seized 8, 69,557 Yaba pills, 10.991Kg crystal meth, 11,706 bottles of phensedyl, 23,839 bottles of foreign liquor, 5,719 cans of beer, 1,212 kg cannabis, 30.415 kg heroin, 4, 53,106 packets cigarettes and bidi, 35,678 injections, 4,107 Eskuf syrups, 2, 744 bottles of MkDil/Cofidil,14, 33,106 different types of medicines and 1,448 other tablets, said a BGB media release signed by its Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam on Tuesday.

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Other smuggled items include 31.19 kg gold, 26.706 kg silver, 5,69,468 cosmetics, 19,056 imitation jewelries, 24,312 sarees, 10,806 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets, 1720 cft timber, 6,535 kg of tea leaves, 118,910 kg of coal, 11 idols of hard rock , five pickup vans, six private cars, four local vehicles, 35 CNG-run autorickshaws and 87 motorbikes.

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Seized arms include four pistols, nine guns of several types, seven magazines and 26 rounds of bullets.

Meanwhile, BGB arrested 256 alleged smugglers, 79 for crossing territory, four Indian nationals and 131 Myanmar nationals. 

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