Dhaka, June 30 -- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized huge amounts of contraband items including Indian sarees and cosmetics worth Tk 5.50 crore from Harinapati village in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district early Monday.

Tipped off, a team of BGB-28 conducted the drive in the bordering area of the district and seized 4,286 pieces of Indian saris, 13 pieces of lehenga, 4,992 pieces of cosmetics, 20,120 pieces of chocolates from a tin-shed godown in the area, said Commanding officer of BGB-28, Lieutenant Colonel AKM Zakaria Kadir.

The seized contraband items will be deposited to the Sunamganj customs.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....