Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 40,000 yaba tablets, believed to have been smuggled from Myanmar, during an operation in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.
The tablets were recovered in an abandoned condition at Jamaler Gher, around 200 yards inside Bangladesh from border pillar No. 32, at about 6:45am.
A special patrol team of the Ghumdhum Border Outpost under the Cox’s Bazar Battalion (34 BGB) conducted the operation based on confidential information, according to a press release issued by the battalion.
The estimated seizure value of the tablets is Tk1.2 crore, the release said.
Lieutenant Colonel SM Khairul Alam, PBGM, psc, commanding officer of the battalion, confirmed the seizure.
He said BGB remained committed not only to guarding the border but also to preventing drug trafficking and smuggling. He added that such operations would continue.
The release said the process of filing a case and handing over the seized tablets to police was underway.
Cox’s Bazar Life Report
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