BGB members on Friday seized Indian cosmetics worth Tk 2.5 crore from Talshari area of Benapole.
Lt Col Md Selim Reza, Commanding Officer of BGB 49 Battalion, said they were tipped off about the smuggling bid.
“BGB members seized a covered van carrying Indian cosmetics worth Tk 2.54 crore. The consignment was being smuggled into Bangladesh from India,” he said.
The seized cosmetics and covered van were kept at the Benapole divisional customs warehouse.
A case was lodged at Benapole Port Police Station in this connection.