Cumilla, May 4 -- The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a large consignment of smuggled Indian sarees worth over Tk 1.7 crore in a drive at Shashidal area under Brahmanpara upazila in Cumilla's border region.

Acting on specific intelligence, a patrol team from Shashidal Border Outpost (BOP) under Sultanpur Battalion (60 BGB) conducted an anti-smuggling operation in the border area and recovered a large quantity of illegally imported high-quality Indian sarees, BGB sources said.

The estimated value of the seized goods is Tk 1,70,17,000 (1 crore 70 lakh 17 thousand).

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