Smartphone displays worth over Tk 12 crore seized at Bijoynagar border
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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) today seized Indian smartphone displays worth more than Tk 12 crore in a drive at the Bijoynagar border of the district, but no one could be detained.
Battalion commander Lt Col Jabbar Ahmed disclosed the matter at a press conference at the BGB-25 Battalion headquarters on Wednesday noon.
Lt Col Jabbar Ahmed told BSS that a patrol team of Alinagar BOP launched the drive in the Bhagalpur area of Bijoynagar upazila at about 1:30am on Tuesday. At that time, 25 to 30 people were trying to enter Bangladesh from India with cartons on their heads; when BGB members chased them, they dropped the cartons and fled. Later, a search of the cartons recovered 15,084 Indian smartphone displays wrapped in scotch tape.
He said the approximate market value of the seized displays is Tk 12 crore 3 lakh 84 thousand. The process of handing them over to the authorities of the Akhaura land customs station is under way.
