100 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.
Border Guard Bangladesh’s Rangpur Battalion (51 BGB) carried out two separate
anti-smuggling operations on the Rangpur border, recovering Indian cannabis and
netting and seizing six smuggled cows.[1]The same account is carried by
Alokito Bangladesh, which dates it to 21 August 2026.[2]At about 10 p.m. on
20 August, a Gomnati border outpost patrol acting on a tip-off operated about
200 yards inside Bangladesh near border pillar 789/9-S in the Uttar Gomnati
area.[1]The smugglers sensed the patrol and fled, abandoning cannabis and
netting they had brought from India.[1]
A search of the spot recovered 100 grams of Indian ganja and 40 feet of current
netting.[1]At about 4 a.m. on 21 August, a Panbari border outpost patrol
learned that smugglers were trying to enter Bangladesh from India with cows and
took position about 250 yards inside Bangladesh at Swadhin Bangla Chattar near
pillar DAMP 4/9-S.[1]When several people arrived from India with six cows,
the patrol challenged them and they fled back toward India, leaving the animals,
which were taken to Panbari border outpost.[1]
BGB put the six Indian cows at about 450,000 taka and put the combined seizure
value of the two operations at the same 450,000 taka.[1]BGB said such
anti-smuggling operations on the border would continue.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The operations occurred on the night of 20 August and the dawn of 21 August 2026; 21 August is used as the incident date for the latest step.
The submitted Rangpur24 page stamps publication as 6 November 2026 while the identical Alokito Bangladesh account is timed 21 August 2026; the August date matches the internal today references and is used here.
No arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; the smugglers fled toward India in both operations.
The reported 450,000-taka seizure value is attributed to the six cows and the combined haul, not separately to the cannabis, so no cannabis value is recorded.
The 40 feet of current netting and six cows are non-cannabis items in the same event and are excluded from cannabis quantities.
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.
