Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Border guard · 13 reports
- People arrested
- 297
- Cannabis seized
- 715.625 kg
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
House owner held after four puria of ganja found in Jaintiapur home
Residents of Dibir Haor in Sylhet's Jaintiapur upazila and then police searched the house of Ramzan Ali, 45, and found four puria of cannabis wrapped under his mattress, while officers seized drug-taking equipment and took him into police custody. An executive magistrate said the case fell outside the mobile court's jurisdiction, so police will now investigate and file a regular case.
Arrested 1Sites 1BGB seizes 13.5 kg of Indian ganja at Fulbari border
Border Guard Bangladesh's 15 BGB recovered 13 kg 500 g of Indian ganja at Chouratari in Fulbari, Kurigram, on the night of 5 November 2026, with no one arrested. BGB valued the abandoned consignment at about Tk 47,250 and said it was working to identify the smugglers.
Cannabis 13.5 kgBGB seizes Indian liquor and ganja on Feni border
Border Guard Bangladesh seized Indian liquor and ganja in special anti-drug operations on the Parshuram and Chhagalnaiya border in Feni on 5 November 2026. The force put the combined seizure value at Tk 197,800, while the separate ganja quantity and any detentions were not reported.
Youth held with 3 kg ganja in Bhurungamari BGB border sweep
Border Guard Bangladesh detained 21-year-old Maruf Hossain in Bhurungamari, Kurigram, seizing 3 kg of ganja alongside medicines, cosmetics, phones, a cow and an auto-rickshaw. He was handed to Bhurungamari police on 1 November 2026 after a case was filed against him.
Arrested 1Cannabis 3 kgBGB seizes 18 kg of Indian hemp in Meherpur border drives
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 18 kg of unclaimed Indian hemp plus syrup and liquor in separate overnight drives along the Meherpur border. No suspects were detained, and BGB valued the cannabis portion alone at Tk 63,000.
Cannabis 18 kgBGB seizes cannabis and 98 syrup bottles in Fulbari border raids
Border Guard Bangladesh's 15 BGB seized Indian Iscap syrup and cannabis plus a transport motorcycle in two night operations on the Fulbari border on 1 November 2026. The cannabis weight was not published, so only the 98 syrup bottles are quantified and the Tk 158,800 combined drug value is not counted as a cannabis value.
20 kg ganja seized in Bijaynagar; 2 arrested in twin raids
Special Response Battalion-9 and Border Guard Bangladesh detained two people in separate 31 October 2026 operations in Bijaynagar, Brahmanbaria, seizing 20 kg of ganja and 197 bottles of Escaf syrup. The ganja was recovered from a CNG auto-rickshaw at Bishnupur and the syrup from a house in Kalachhara, and both suspects were handed to Bijaynagar police under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.
Arrested 2Cannabis 20 kgBGB seizes 8 kg of cannabis on the Kushtia border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 8 kg of cannabis and 175 bottles of Indian syrup at Bilgathua field on the Daulatpur border in Kushtia on 31 October 2026. The 47th BGB Battalion described the cache as ownerless and put the total seizure value at an estimated 98,000 taka.
Cannabis 8 kgBGB seizes 5 kg of Indian cannabis at Lalmonirhat border
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 5 kg of Indian cannabis and 50 bottles of Indian liquor, ownerless, at Kanipara in Hatibandha, Lalmonirhat. No one was detained; a separate patrol the same day seized 467 Indian mobile displays nearby.
Cannabis 5 kgOne person held as BGB seizes 24 kg of cannabis in Cumilla
Border Guard Bangladesh detained one person on 29 October 2026 and seized 24 kg of cannabis, with codeine syrup and tapentadol tablets, in two border drives in Adarsha Sadar, Cumilla. The battalion valued the mixed haul at Tk 51,30,800 and handed the detainee to Kotwali Model Police Station.
Arrested 1Cannabis 24 kgBGB recovers 25 g of cannabis and 28 yaba pills in Beanibazar
On 29 October 2026 a Border Guard Bangladesh patrol recovered 25 grams of cannabis and 28 yaba tablets at Hazra Para, about 300 yards inside the Beanibazar border in Sylhet. The force said surveillance would continue and that the legal process over the drugs was under way.
Cannabis 25 g100 g ganja and 6 Indian cows seized on Rangpur border
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 100 grams of Indian cannabis and six smuggled Indian cows in two separate border operations in Rangpur on 20-21 August 2026. The smugglers abandoned the goods and fled to India, and no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 100 gBorder Guard Bangladesh seizes 624 kg of marijuana in October drive
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 624 kg of marijuana plus yaba, phensidyl and other contraband worth about Tk72.39 crore in October 2019, detaining 292 smuggling suspects.
Arrested 292Cannabis 624 kg