BGB seizes drugs worth Tk 56m in Cox’s Bazar

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said they seized banned drugs worth nearly Tk 56.2 million from Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar Sunday night, reports news agency UNB.

Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar, commanding officer of BGB-2 Battalion, on Monday said they seized 1.65kg crystal methamphetamine and 10,000 yaba pills from the Kharangkhali area near the embankment along the Naf river.

Tipped off, two patrol teams of BGB conducted a raid at Kharangkhali at midnight. At that time, a man who was trying to cross into Bangladesh from Myanmar took to his heels after seeing them.

Later, the BGB teams found the crystal meth and yaba pills wrapped in a cloth at the spot.

Although the BGB men were hot on the trail of potential drug smugglers, they could not detain anyone in connection with the seizure of the illegal drugs, Iftekhar said.