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Indian girl handed over to BSF through Tetulia border
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over an Indian girl, who was detained for trespassing into Bangladesh, to India's Border Security force (BSF) through a flag meeting on Friday.
The detainee was identified as Mst Kushnama, 17, daughter of Ismail Hossain of Uttar Dinajpur district of India.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Tentulia Company Commander Subedar Md Abdul Motaleb said the girl was arrested while trespassing into Bangladesh after developing an affair with a Bangladeshi youth of Thakurgaon district by Tentulia police near the border on Thursday.
Kushnama was handed over to BSF through a flag meeting on Friday, he said.
Assistant Commandant of BSF 276 Battalion Kamal Singh from the Indian side, Indian and Bangladeshi police were present at the meeting.
2 held with gold bars worth Tk 2.5 cr at Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained two people along with 20 gold bars from the Putkhali border at Balunda village in Benapole port area on Monday.
The detainees were identified as Liton Hossain, 25, son of Ali Hossain and Hafizur Rahman, 28, son of Azizur Rahman of the village.
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Tipped off, a team of BGB-21 conducted a drive in the area and detained two people along with the gold bars, weighing 3.89 kgs, said commanding officer of BGB-21, Lieutenant Colonel Manjur-e-Elahi.
The market value of the gold bars is Tk 2.5 crore.
They were handed over to Benapole Port Police.
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BGB seizes smuggled goods, drugs worth Tk 211.67 cr in January
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized smuggled goods including drugs worth around Tk 211.67 crore in various drives across the country in January.
According to BGB media release, 17,52,991 Yaba pills, 21.23 kgs of crystal meth, 32,194 bottles of phensedyl, 16,427 bottles of foreign liquor, 2,109 cans of beer, 2,126 kg cannabis, 7.13 kg heroin, 2,249 injections, 6,761 bottles Iskaf syrups and some other drugs were seized.
Around 2.70 kg gold, 59.07 kg silver, 1,38,228 cosmetics, 13,429, imitation jewellery, 8,490 sarees, 1,625 readymade garments, 3,060 cubic feet of wood, 7,714 kg of tea leaves, 13,700 kg of coal, 12 trucks/covered vans, five private cars/microbuses, 18 pickups, 30 CNG/battery run auto rickshaws and 63 motorcycles were among the smuggled goods.
READ: BGB recovers drugs worth Tk 48.9 crore in Cox’s Bazar
Besides, three pistols, two different types of guns, five magazines, five mortar shells, 16 rounds of bullet, six detonators and six IED were also seized.
Besides, legal action has also been taken against 267 people for their involvement in smuggling. Some 218 Bangladeshis and 13 Indians were held for illegal border crossing.
READ: BGB seizes Yaba worth Tk 6 crore from Cox’s Bazar
BGB recovers drugs worth Tk 48.9 crore in Cox’s Bazar
BGB's Cox's Bazar battalion seized 9 kg of crystal meth drug and 130,000 pieces of yaba with a combined worth of Tk 48.9 crore.
On Sunday the battalion seized 9 kg of crystal meth (ice) worth Tk 45 crore and 1,30,000 pieces of Burmese yaba worth Tk 3.9 crore, said a media release.
Tipped off, a patrol team of the battalion seized the drugs from the hideout of drug peddler Nabi Hossain in Ukhia upazila’s Katapahar area of Palangkhali UP. But the team couldn’t nab anyone there.
READ: BGB seizes Yaba worth Tk 6 crore from Cox’s Bazar
Meanwhile, the patrol team on Monday recovered 80,000 pieces of Burmese yaba worth Tk 2.4 crore fron Tulalatli Ambagam of Palangkhali and 50,000 pieces of Burmese yaba worth Tk 1.5 crore from Balukhali area, the release also said.
READ: BGB seized smuggled goods, drugs worth over Tk1073 crore in 2021
Ice worth Tk 25cr seized in Cox’s Bazar
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized five kg of recreational drugs worth TK 25 crore in Cox’s Bazar.
This is the largest haul of crystal meth or ice in the country to date, BGB's Cox's Bazar unit said in a statement.
The drugs were seized from the Palangkhali area of the district's Ukhia upazila during a special drive conducted by the Cox’s Bazar battalion of BGB (BGB-34) on Thursday.
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Following a tip off that some drug traders would enter Bangladesh from Myanmar with a large consignment of crystal meth, the BGB petrol team took position under a bridge near Palangkhali Bazar around 7pm.
Some 39 minutes later, the BGB team spotted an armed group of drug traders crossing the border and challenged them but they managed to escape by firing at the petrol team.
The crystal meth was found in the bags they left behind. "Legal action is underway regarding this," said the statement.
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BSF hands over 29 Bangladesh nationals to BGB as goodwill gesture in last 1 year
Over the past one year, a total of 29 Bangladeshi nationals "inadvertently crossed" the international border and all of them were handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh from India as a goodwill gesture.
Troops of Battalions under North Bengal Frontier Border Security Force (BSF) deployed on Bangladesh-India border in West Bengal are maintaining alertness of highest order along the international border to stop smuggling and infiltrations, BSF said on Monday.
They are also making efforts to maintain good relations with Bangladesh, said a media release.
Troops of Battalions under North Bengal Frontier BSF deployed on Bangladesh-India border in West Bengal under the leadership of Ajai Singh, Inspector General of North Bengal Frontier BSF are maintaining alertness on the border in order.
READ: BSF hands over to BGB 2 students held in Hili border
Earlier, BSF handed over two Bangladesh nationals to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) following a flag meeting as a goodwill gesture on Sunday.
Troops of BOP Hili-I, 61 Bn BSF deployed on Bangladesh-India border in Dakshin Dinajpur District of West Bengal apprehended two Bangladeshi nationals - 13-year-old Md Rifat Hassan, son of Md Arman and 14-year-old Md Ruhal Amin, son of Anwar Hussain.
READ: Cattle trader shot dead ‘by BSF’ along Naogaon border
Both of them are from Dinajpur district.
During questioning it was learnt that they "inadvertently crossed" the international border, BSF said in a media release.
BSF hands over to BGB 2 students held in Hili border
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over two Bangladeshi madrasa students, who illegally entered India, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through the Hili border area in Dinajpur after holding a flag meeting on Sunday evening.
The students were identified as Arafat Hossain Shanto, 15, and Ruhul Amin, 13, students of Alihat Gazi Aminia Dakhil Madrasa.
Read: Cattle trader shot dead ‘by BSF’ along Naogaon border
Alam Hossain, subedar of BGB's Hili CP camp, said the two students came to the check post area to get Covid vaccine and the BSF detained them when they mistakenly crossed over to the Indian side around 12pm.
On information, BGB contacted BSF to send back the students.
After scrutinizing the documents regarding the students’ identity, BSF called for a flag meeting at 5pm and handed over the students.
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Later, the students were handed over to Hakimpur police station and then to their family, said Khairul Bashar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Hakimpur police station.
BGB seizes Yaba worth Tk 6 crore from Cox’s Bazar
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered two lakh pieces of Burmese Yaba worth Tk 6 crores during a drive at Ukhiya Upazila in Cox’s Bazar, said a BGB media release on Saturday.
The illegal drug was being smuggled to Bangladesh from Myanmar through Balukhal Katapahar area on Thursday, added the release.
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Tipped off, a patrol team of BGB-34 under Balukhali BOP, conducted a drive in the area around 12:30am and challenged 4-5 people.
Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, the suspected smugglers abandoned a sack and fled into the deep jungle.
Read: BGB seized smuggled goods, drugs worth over Tk1073 crore in 2021
Later, the patrol team recovered the Yaba pills from the sack they left at the spot.
Legal steps are being taken in this regard, said the release.
Another nilgai rescued in Thakurgaon
Another nilgai (blue buck, an antelope) has been found and rescued from Madhabpur village of Bairchuna union of Pirganj upazila on Friday evening.
Seeing the Nilgai roaming in the area, locals caught it after a chase and informed the UP chairman about it.
UP chairman Humi Sarker said the Nilgai was rescued from the village and later handed over to the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB).
Also read: Indian nilgai dies of injuries in Thakurgaon
This is the fifth nilgai to be rescued in Thakurgaon in the last four years. Of these, four have died.
Earlier on November 26, an adult male nilgai was caught by a mob in Minapur village of Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila, which died of its injuries.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Rezaul Karim said the nilgai is safe now. It has been kept in BGB custody. Necessary steps are being taken to transfer it to the Livestock Department, he added.
Also read: Nilgai dies trying to escape capture by villagers in Thakurgaon
Nilgai is a large Asian antelope, usually brown or bluish grey, native to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal.
Nilgai was previously declared extinct in Bangladesh by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
BGB seized smuggled goods, drugs worth over Tk1073 crore in 2021
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods, arms and drugs worth around Tk1,073.44 crore in various drives across the country last year.
The seized narcotics included 22,440,009 Yaba pills, 331,785 bottles of phensedyl, 213,989 bottles of foreign liquor, 131,899 cans of beer, 19,492kg cannabis, 139kg heroin, 7,169 bottles of Cofidil and 237,506 Senegra tablets.
Around 50.433kg gold, 321kg silver, nine touchstone statues, 1,295,542 pieces of cosmetics, 55,947 sarees, 9,627 readymade garments, 53,757kg tea leaves, 165,405kg coal, 85 trucks, 60 private cars/microbuses, 80 pickup trucks, 368 CNG/battery run auto-rickshaws and 1,103 motorcycles were also seized.
The arms and ammunition seized included 44 pistols, 67 different types of guns, four revolvers, 35 magazines, 32 mortar shells and 250 rounds of bullets.
Legal actions were taken against 3,599 people for their involvement in smuggling.
Some 2,244 Bangladeshis and 86 Indian citizens were arrested for crossing the border illegally, BGB said.