Contraband Indian drugs seized, trafficker held in Chapainawabganj
Besides, another patrol team from the Chakpara BOP recovered 50 bottles of Escof DX syrup and 3,170 Tensuin tablets left abandoned in the Namochakpara border area.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized contraband drugs smuggled from India and arrested a trafficker in separate drives along the Chapainawabganj border in Shibganj upazila last night (10 March).
The arrestee is Alim, 32, son of Khairul Islam from Argara Choksirampur in Shibganj.
During the drives in Sonamasjid and Chakpara border areas, BGB recovered a total of 427 bottles of Indian psychoactive syrup Escof DX (a Phencidyl substitute) and 3,170 pieces of Tensuin tablets.
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Lt Col Golam Kibria, commander of the 59th BGB Battalion, told reporters on Wednesday tipped-off, a BGB patrol team from the Sonamasjid BOP conducted a raid in Raghunathpur Hatipara area and arrested Alim along with long with 377 bottles of Escof DX syrup.
Besides, another patrol team from the Chakpara BOP recovered 50 bottles of Escof DX syrup and 3,170 Tensuin tablets left abandoned in the Namochakpara border area.
The arrestee and the seized drugs have been handed over to Shibganj Police Station, BGB officials said.
