A special patrol from the Singimari border outpost of Teesta Battalion (61 BGB), part of Border Guard Bangladesh, seized 5 kilograms of Indian cannabis and 50 bottles of Indian liquor at Kanipara, about 350 yards inside Bangladesh, and found the goods ownerless.[1] Probashir Diganta, citing the same battalion press release, reported the same ownerless seizure of 5 kilograms of Indian cannabis and 50 bottles of Indian liquor at Kanipara.[2] In a separate sweep, members of the battalion’s Payshattibari border outpost seized 467 Indian mobile-phone displays about 500 yards inside the country at Payshattibari in Sreerampur union, Patgram upazila, and detained no one.[1]
The two operations were in Hatibandha’s Singimari area and Patgram’s Payshattibari, both in Lalmonirhat district on the Indian border.[1] Teesta Battalion announced the seizures in a press release on Friday 30 October.[2] BGB put the combined seizure value of the displays, cannabis and liquor at 28 lakh 94 thousand 500 taka (2,894,500 taka).[1]
Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Shahinul Islam, psc, Engineers, commanding officer of Teesta Battalion-61 BGB, said the force follows a zero-tolerance policy against smuggling, drug infiltration, illegal trade and other border crime.[1] He said intelligence work, regular patrols and special operations had been stepped up to protect the border, stop smuggling and safeguard state interests, and that the battalion’s operations would continue.[2]
