BGB seized Indian cumin worth Tk 15 lakh in Kanaighat border drives
Shahidul Islam Sohel, Sylhet
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 1,260 kilograms of smuggled Indian cumin valued at Tk 15.12 lakh during two separate operations conducted in the Kanaighat border area of Sylhet district.
According to sources from the Jakiganj Battalion (19 BGB), an operational patrol team from the Suraighat Border Outpost (BOP) conducted a special drive around 2:30 pm on November 5 at Badsha Bazar, located approximately 800 yards inside Bangladeshi territory from the border. During the drive, BGB personnel recovered 840 kilograms of unclaimed Indian cumin with an estimated seizure value of Tk 10.08 lakh.
In a subsequent operation around 7:00 am on November 6, another patrol team from the same outpost conducted a drive approximately 600 yards inside Bangladeshi territory, seizing an additional 420 kilograms of Indian cumin valued at Tk 5.04 lakh.
Jakiganj Battalion (19 BGB) confirmed that the combined seizures total 1,260 kilograms of Indian cumin with a aggregate market value of Tk 15,12,000. Battalion officials stated that regular anti-smuggling drives and intelligence surveillance remain heightened to ensure border security, adding that procedures are currently underway to hand over the seized contraband items to the Customs authority.
