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BGB seize smuggled goods at Hili
Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) have seized a large quantity of Phensidyl, Indian medicines, saris, clothes and detained four suspected drug traffickers.
Published : 14 Sept 2014, 10:07 AM
Updated : 14 Sept 2014, 10:07 AM
Basudevpur camp commander Delwar Hossain told bdnews24.com, “BGB have seized the smuggled goods and detained the suspects in separate raids in the early hours of Sunday.”
The detained persons have been identified as Golam Rabbani, 30, of Hakimpur Upazila in Dinajpur, Abdul Motaleb, 42, from Shalkhuria Purahat village in Nawabganj, Hassan Ali, 36, and Mahidul Islam, 32.
Hossain said, “A band of smugglers entered Bangladeshi territory at 3 am crossing the 285/16 sub-border pillar in Hili.
The Basudevpur camp BGB personnel detained them at Muharapara field and seized 630 bottles of Phensidyl after chasing them.”
They have been handed over to the Hakimpur police after filing a case in connection with the incident.
BGB official also said their personnel had also seized Tk 1.8 million worth of saris and medicines separate raids.
The seized goods have been deposited at the Hili customs warehouse.
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