Border Guard Bangladesh’s Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) carried out separate anti-drug and anti-smuggling drives on the Meherpur border.[1][2][3] All of the recovered drugs were found unclaimed, and no suspects were reported detained in these drives.[1][2][4][3][5]

A Dhola Border Outpost patrol recovered 18 kg of unclaimed Indian hemp at Dholar Math, which BGB valued at Tk 63,000.[1][2][4][5] The same cannabis recovery is described as 18 kg of unclaimed Indian hemp found at Dholar Math around 2:00 a.m. and valued at Tk 63,000.[6] In the other drive, a Kazipur Border Outpost patrol recovered 75 bottles of Fairdeal syrup and 56 bottles of Indian liquor from Mathurapur Refugeepara field, with a seizure value of Tk 1.14 lakh.[1][2][4][5] That second recovery is likewise reported as 75 bottles of syrup and 56 bottles of liquor worth Tk 1.14 lakh from Mathurapur Refugeepara field.[6] Together the recovered narcotics were given a total estimated value of Tk 1.77 lakh.[6][7][5]

The seizures were announced in a press release sent by the Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) on the afternoon of 2 November.[1][4] Battalion commander Lt. Col. Rashed Kamal Roni confirmed the seizures and said BGB would maintain its uncompromising stance and intelligence surveillance against drug smuggling for a safe border.[6] BGB said its strict position and regular operations to secure the border and prevent drug smuggling would continue.[1]

The article dates the hemp recovery at Dholar field to about 8:00 p.m. on Sunday 1 November, the night before the 2 November announcement; UNB dated the same recovery to about 2:00 a.m. Saturday.[5] It gives the time of the second drive at the Mathurapur Refugeepara field as about 12:20 a.m. on Monday 2 November.[5] BGB said its officers would remain alert and active against drug trafficking and smuggling across the border, and that regular operations and intelligence surveillance would continue to strengthen border security and build a drug-free society.[5]