Touchstone idol weighing 24.5kg seized in BGB drive on Thakurgaon border
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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a touchstone idol weighing 24 kilograms 450 grams in a drive in Thakurgaon. The Thakurgaon Battalion (50 BGB) conducted the drive late on Wednesday night.
According to BGB, acting on its own intelligence last night, a special patrol team led by Thakurgaon Battalion (50 BGB) Commanding Officer Lt Col Kh Akhlakur Rahman, G, Artillery, conducted a drive in the area under the responsibility of Dabri BOP. A touchstone idol was recovered in an ownerless state from a place called ‘Monis Kwan’, about 7 kilometres inside Bangladesh from border pillar 368/1-S.
The recovered idol weighs 24 kilograms 450 grams. According to BGB’s estimate, its seizure value is Tk 24.45 lakh.
BGB said regular drives are being conducted to prevent smuggling alongside ensuring security on the border. Such drives will continue in the future as well to implement the ‘zero tolerance’ policy in preventing drugs and smuggling. At the same time, BGB has sought the cooperation of local people to stop smuggling, narcotics, human trafficking and illegal intrusion in the border areas.
