Border Guard Bangladesh urged citizens to extend cooperation by sharing information to prevent the infiltration of illegal firearms into the country.
A number of vested groups had been attempting to smuggle firearms across the border in recent months with the ill motive of destabilising the law and order situation in the country, said a press release on Monday.
The paramilitary force seized a staggering cache of weapons in the past three months alone. These include 16 local and foreign pistols, two revolvers, two submachine guns, five rifles, 16 homemade guns, three shotguns, three mortar shells, eight hand grenades, 27 other types of weapons, 21 magazines, and 1,003 rounds of ammunition, the release noted.
Officials of the BGB headquarters said that intelligence surveillance and operational activities were intensified in border areas to check the entry of such illegal arms.
Seeking people鈥檚 active role in combating the threat, BGB opened a dedicated toll free hotline 鈥� 01769600555 鈥� where citizens can share information confidentially.
