The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Jashore region has seized drugs and smuggled goods worth more than Tk 84.35 crore in special drives against drug trafficking and smuggling along the border over the past two and a half months. A total of 152 people were detained in the drives. The seized goods include more than nine kilograms of gold, firearms, bullets, yaba, heroin, cannabis, Phensedyl, foreign liquor and a large quantity of Indian intoxicating tablets.
Rashed Kamal, commanding officer of 47 BGB, gave the figures in a press release on Friday (13 November).
Separately, the Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) on its own seized drugs and smuggled goods worth about Tk 4.5 crore in drives in Kushtia district and Meherpur’s Gangni upazila, detaining 16 people. Setting out the figures for the drives in border areas under the Jashore region, the release said BGB’s operations to protect the border, curb smuggling and prevent drug trafficking are continuing.
According to the release, seven battalions under the Jashore region’s Kushtia and Khulna sectors ran the drives in border areas from September 2026 to 12 November. In the drives, carried out along some 600 kilometres of border from Kushtia to the Sundarbans in Satkhira, 152 people were detained, and drugs and smuggled goods worth a total of Tk 84,35,17,283 were seized. The seizures include 9.349 kg of gold, five firearms and six rounds of ammunition. They also include 3,026 bottles of foreign liquor, 2.428 kg of heroin, 189.59 kg of cannabis, 66,800 yaba pills, 1,017 bottles of Phensedyl, 7.97 kg of crystal meth (ice), 20,503 bottles of intoxicating syrup and 3,11,601 Indian intoxicating tablets of various kinds.
The Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) also had notable results in its own area over the same period. Through drives in Kushtia district and Meherpur’s Gangni upazila, the battalion seized drugs and other smuggled goods worth Tk 4,45,97,442. Sixteen people were detained in these drives. The release says 47 BGB’s drives recovered one firearm, two rounds of ammunition and 9,250 kg of fertiliser, and that six smugglers were detained. Also seized, according to the release, were 672 bottles of foreign liquor, 12 kg of heroin, 90 yaba pills, 912 bottles of Phensedyl, 93.608 kg of cannabis and 1,24,103 intoxicating tablets of various kinds.
Beyond drugs and smuggling, BGB says it is keeping maximum alert against illegal entry across the border, push-ins, human trafficking and illegal crossings. It has identified high-risk stretches of the border and stepped up patrols and intelligence surveillance, and is running joint task force drives with the local administration, police and Ansar members. It is also holding meetings and awareness programmes for people living along the border.
BGB members have been kept alert and ready to keep peace and order on the border and to deal with any unwanted situation, the release said. Steps are also being taken through regular contact and flag meetings with the neighbouring country’s border force to settle border disputes and curb crime.
The release also said BGB is working to prevent the illegal hoarding of edible oil and fuel, the creation of artificial shortages, and smuggling. Members of the south-western region are working to realise the vision announced by the force’s director general: “BGB will be a symbol of security and trust on the border.”
BGB believes the border force alone cannot meet the many challenges on the border. It needs the cooperation of the local administration, law enforcement agencies, journalists and ordinary people, and it has called on everyone to work together to protect the country’s sovereignty and curb crime on the border.
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