Dhaka, March 6 -- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 170.18 crore during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in the month of February.
During the period, the paramilitary force seized 2.529 kgs of gold, 85.400 kgs of silver, 3,39,990 cosmetics items, 7,116 imitations jewelry, 8,784 sarees, 6,811 three-piece/shirt-piece/bed-sheet/blankets, 12,202 meter unstitched fabric, 7,204 readymade garments, 16, 86,739 firecrackers, 6,782 cft timber, 2,434 kgs of tea leaves, 48,839 kgs of betel nuts, 2,69,824 kgs of sugar, 4,093 kgs of fertilizer, 32 liters of diesel, 23,820 kgs of coal, 1,310 cubic feet stones, 115 kgs of current nets, 3,8...