Sunamganj: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-48 Battalion in separate drives seized smuggled goods worth over Taka 2.7 crore from different frontier areas in Sunamganj and Sylhet districts this morning.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, a BGB team, acting on a tip-off, conducted the operations in the Banglabazar and Sreepur border areas in Sunamganj, as well as Sonarhat, Sangram, Pratappur, Panthumai, Tamabil, Noakot, Kalasadek, Karairag, and Patharqwari in the Sylhet district. Hafizur Rahman, the commander of Sylhet BGB-48 Battalion, reported the seizures.
The confiscated items included significant quantities of Indian pomegranates, oranges, sugar, Nivea Soft Cream, Ring Guard, Pond’s Bright Beauty Face Wash, Pond’s Bright Beauty Cream, Roop-G Cream, Betnovate-C Cream, Fashion Herbs Gold Bleach Cream, sunglasses, chocolate, eyeball candy, Gillette blades, winter blankets, and horn fish. Additionally, a boat used for the illegal extraction of stones from Bangladesh was seized.