DHAKA, March 05, 2026 (BSS) – The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB),  during its countrywide drive, especially in border areas, seized various types of smuggled goods worth about Taka  131 crore, 19 lakh and  72 thousand in February last. 

“In separate drives, the BGB arrested 141 smugglers on charges of drug trafficking, including Yaba and other contraband items,” said a BGB release, this afternoon. 

Of the arrestees, 76 are Bangladeshi citizens, 02 Indian citizens and 135 Myanmar citizens. 

The seized contraband includes one kg 169.72 grams of gold, 10,878 sharis, 4,920 three-piece/shirt-piece/chadar/blanket, 11,642 ready-made garments, 887 meters of than cloths, 4,13,489 cosmetics, 2,464 pieces of imitation jewelry, 18,83,545 fireworks, 3,646 cubic feet of wood, 13,852 kg of tea leaves, 8,474 kg of betel nut, 17,472 kg of coal, 55,260 cubic feet of sand, 195 mobile phone sets, 4,928 pieces of mobile displays, 5,643 glasses, 29,477 kg of cumin, 16,292 kg of sugar, 33,870 kg of onion, 1,204 kg of garlic, 3,556 packets of various seeds, 4,701 kg of fertilizer, 2,392 packets of pesticides, 94,227 pieces of chocolate, 638 cows/buffaloes, 3 stone statues, 8 trucks/covered vans, 7 tractors, 7 pickups, 2 private cars/microbuses, 2 trolleys, 29 CNG/easy bikes, 34 motorcycles and 26 bicycles/vans.

Meanwhile, the recovered weapons include 13 foreign/homemade pistols, one rifle, 16 magazines, 160 rounds of ammunitions, 16 crude bombs, 82 electric detonators, 3 kg of gun powder, 24 other weapons and 5 kg of Indian chemical substances.

Besides, in last month the para-military force also sized huge amount of drugs and narcotics, including 17,09,080 pieces of Yaba tablets, 2 kg 268 grams of heroin, 2,199 bottles of Phensedyl, 1 kg 244 grams of crystal meth ice, 6,458 bottles of foreign liquor, 100 liters of local liquor, 1,368 bottles of canned beer, 937 kg 350 grams of marijuana, 1,61,853 packets of bidi and cigarettes, 212 kg of bidi making materials, 1,99,054 contraband tablets/injections, 2,477 bottles of Escafe syrup, 9,361 Anegra/Senegra tablets and 250 grams of cocaine and 3,19,863 pieces of various medicines, the release added.