BGB seizes smuggled goods worth over Tk 2,184cr last year
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a huge number of smuggled goods worth over Tk 2,184.28 crore from different frontiers and parts of the country in the last year.
The goods smuggled from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 include gold, bronze, sarees, cosmetics, sugar, cigarette, and drugs, said a press release of the BGB.
During this period, the BGB arrested 2,088 people over their alleged involvement in smuggling of those goods.
Legal actions have been taken against them.
The seized contraband items include 131.424kg gold, 137.289kg silver, 2,14,805 sarees, 3,322,361 cosmetic items, 61,144 pieces of imitation jewellery, 17 touchstone-made statues, 14.81kg of snake venom, 8.398kg of whale vomit (ambergris), 38.4kg of turtle bones, 2,51,64,507 pieces of fireworks, 207 trucks and covered vans, 8 buses, 47 private cars and microbuses, 91 pickups, 873 motorcycles, and 235 bicycles.
The weapons recovered during the same period included 38 pistols, 5 SMGs, 18 grenades, 8 rifles, 6 revolvers, 52 guns, 8,859 rounds of ammunition, 45 magazines, 4 mortar shells, 41 cocktails, 10.44kg of gun powder, and 233 blank cartridges.