BGB seizes crystal meth, liquor in Cox’s Bazar drives

Border Guard Bangladesh on Thursday claimed to have seized over 1 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 143 bottles of liquor and 50kg of nets in separate drives across Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Tipped off, a team of BGB-2 intercepted a boat in which two smugglers from Myanmar were heading towards Jaliar Dwip around 1:00am, said commander of Teknaf Battalion-2, Lieutenant Colonel Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar.

The smugglers, however, jumped into the River Naf and managed to escape. Later, the BGB seized 1.056 kg of crystal meth and 50 kg of nets, worth around Tk 5.28 crore from the boat.

In another drive in Karingaghona, a team of BGB-Teknaf Battalion challenged 6-7 smugglers carrying sacks to a nearby village in the small hours of Thursday.

Though the smugglers managed to escape, they left the sacks behind. The BGB men fo0und 143 bottles of illicit liquor worth Tk 2.14 lakh in the sacks.

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