The Border Guard Bangladesh seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 162.52 crore during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in January.
During the period, the paramilitary force seized 4.1369kg gold, 4.529kg silver, 210 grams diamond, 3,05,820 cosmetics items, 1,037 imitations jewellery, 10,187 sarees, 3,995 three-piece, shirt-piece, bed-sheets, blankets, 2,698 meter unstitched fabric, 7,288 readymade garments, 9,65,461 firecrackers, 4,350cft timber, 4,262kg tea leaves, 15,665kg betel nuts, 4,20,352kg sugar, 2,356kg fertiliser, 2,641 packets seeds, 82,125 kg coal, 730 cubic feet stones, 1,602 mobile displays, 49,500 glasses, 1,07,225kg fruits, 30,837kg garlic, 19,495kg cumin, one touchstone statue, nine trucks, 12 pickups, four private cars, microbuses, two trolleys, 43 boats, 34 CNG-run auto-rickshaw, easy-bikes, 53 motorcycles and 19聽 bicycles, said a BGB press release on Sunday.
The seized weapons consist of three pistols, two air guns, one rifle, one magazine, one auto-air rifle, one shot gun and 24 rounds of ammunition.
The seized drugs and narcotics include 14,89,270 pieces yaba tablets, 2.130kg crystal meth ice, 8.09kg heroin, 426 gram cocaine, 28,500 bottles phensidyl, 18,655 bottles foreign liquor, 181 litres Bengal liquor, 498 cans beer, 1,760kg cannabis, 1,77,917 packets cigarettes, 48,835 narcotic tablets, injections, 4,642 bottles Iscaf syrup, 609 bottles Mkdil, Cofidil, 7,69,372 different types of medicine and 92,464 Enegra, Senegra tablets.
Meanwhile, legal action was initiated against 163 alleged smugglers, 308 Bangladeshi nationals and 18 Indian citizens for illegally crossing the border during the period.
Besides, 1,538 Myanmar nationals have been repatriated following their detention, according to the release.
