, March 11 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized contraband drugs smuggled from India and arrested a trafficker in separate drives along the Chapainawabganj border in Shibganj upazila on Tuesday night.

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.

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.

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