BGB seizes 5-kg crystal meth in Cox’s Bazar

News Desk

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 5.2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district early Sunday.

BGB-2, Teknaf Camp Commmander Col Md Mohiuddin Ahmed said acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB-2 intercepted a boat in which two smugglers from Myanmar were heading towards Mirza Jor area on Sunday night.

After sensing the presence of the battalion, the smugglers jumped into the Naf river and managed to escape, reads a media release.

Later, the BGB men seized 5.2 kilograms of crystal meth from the boat.