Border Guard Bangladesh’s Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) carried out separate anti-drug and anti-smuggling drives on the night of 31 October 2026 along the Kushtia-Meherpur border.[1] BGB detained Saidur Islam (40) at Kazipur Bridge Bazar in Gangni, Meherpur, with four bottles of Indian medicinal syrup.[1] BGB detained Subel (26) at Mohammadpur field in Daulatpur, Kushtia, recovering 10 bottles of Indian liquor, 100 Tapentadol tablets, two SIM cards and a mobile phone from him.[1] BGB said legal proceedings against the two detained men were under way.[1]

Across the night’s drives BGB reported seizing 41 bottles of Indian liquor, Fairdeal and Scap syrups, 100 Tapentadol tablets, 3,000 Cyproheptadine tablets, four kilograms of ganja, 998 chocolate crackers, two SIM cards and a mobile phone.[1] An ownerless cache of 10 bottles of Indian liquor and 3,000 Cyproheptadine tablets was recovered at Tentulbaria Mollapara field, and 21 bottles of Indian liquor with 998 chocolate crackers at West Dharmadaha field.[1] A Pragpur border outpost team recovered four kilograms of ownerless ganja at Pragpur Chulkanir Ghat.[1] BGB put the combined estimated value of all the seized drugs and smuggled goods at 1,033,850 taka.[1]

The battalion announced the recoveries in a press release on 1 November and said border operations and intelligence surveillance against drug trafficking and smuggling would continue.[2]