Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday claimed to have seized over 1 kg of crystal methamphetamine, which is worth around Tk5.28 crore.
As many as 143 bottles of liquor and 50kg of nets in separate drives across Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar, were also seized.
Tipped off, a team of BGB-2 intercepted a boat in which two smugglers from Myanmar were heading towards Jaliar Dwip around 1am, said Commander of Teknaf Battalion-2, Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar.
The smugglers, however, jumped into the Naf River and managed to escape. Later, the BGB men seized 1.056kg of crystal meth and 50kg of nets.
In another drive in Karingaghona, when a team of BGB-Teknaf Battalion challenged around seven traders carrying sacks to a nearby village in the small hours of Thursday.
Though the smugglers managed to escape, they left the sacks behind.
The BGB men found 143 bottles of illicit liquor worth around Tk2.14 lakh.
