Dhaka, Sept. 9 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized contraband goods worth a total of Tk 347.81 crore during separate drives in border areas and elsewhere across the country in August.

The seized contraband items included 8.554 kg of gold, 21,646 sarees, 3,962 three-piece sets, shirts, bed sheets and blankets, 5,154 pieces of ready-made garments, 1,887 metres of cloth, 5,851 pieces of imitation jewellery and 606,241 cosmetic items.

BGB also seized 1,040,196 pieces of fireworks, 4,711 cubic feet of timber, 104,494 kg of coal, 610 cubic feet of stone, 8,628 cubic feet of sand, 17,130 kg of tea leaves, 8,715 kg of betel nuts, 418 mobile phones, 7,848 mobile phone displays and 34,111 mobile phone components.

Other seized items included ...