Border 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.
Border Guard Bangladesh seized drugs and smuggled goods worth about Tk72.39 crore in October 2019 in raids across border areas.[1][2]The seized drugs included 624 kg of marijuana alongside about 10 lakh yaba tablets, tens of thousands of phensidyl bottles, foreign liquor, heroin and other tablets.[1][2]
BGB detained 292 people for involvement in smuggling, including 46 Bangladeshis, 13 Indian nationals and five Nigerians held for crossing borders, and recovered pistols, revolvers, guns and bullets.[1][2]Legal action was taken against those held.[2]
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Local youths in Ramanandapur caught two alleged buyers, leading police to recover about 2 kg of cannabis and cannabis plants from a seller's house. The alleged seller, Ghori Babul, fled and police said a case was under process.
Bangladesh's Border Guard Bangladesh said drives on the Satkhira border from 1 September to November 2026 netted drugs and smuggled goods worth over Tk 82.35 crore, including 240 grams of ganja and 3.13 kg of heroin, and that 152 people were arrested. The 17th battalion's commander gave the figures at a press briefing on 10 November.
Border Guard Bangladesh patrols recovered 600 grams of ganja and 100 grams of heroin found abandoned beside Namochakpara Government Primary School in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, on the night of 5 November. Nobody was arrested, and the force said legal procedures for the seized drugs were under way.
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.
