Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a large consignment of narcotic syrup from a stone-laden truck that entered Bangladesh from India through the Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj.
The recovery was confirmed in a press release issued by the 59 BGB Battalion on Sunday morning.
According to the statement, acting on a tip-off, a BGB patrol team led by Assistant Director Sheikh Monowarul Islam conducted a drive around 11:00pm on Saturday in the Sonamasjid BOP area.
The team searched an Indian truck parked at a stone yard owned by Alam Traders near the port.
During the search, BGB members recovered 20 sacks wrapped in tarpaulin hidden inside the stones. Later, they found a total of 5,935 bottles of Indian narcotic syrup inside the sacks, which are often used as an alternative to Phensedyl.
However, the truck driver was not present at the scene during the operation and could not be detained.
BGB officials said the truck, along with the stones and seized contraband, has been taken into custody.
