1,500 kg hilsa seized in Satkhira
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 1,500 kilograms of hilsa while those were being smuggled to India through Alipur check post area at Bhomra border point under Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.
Major Mozammel Haque, deputy commander of BGB-38 Battalion, said the border guards, acting on a tip-off, conducted a drive in the area and intercepted a truck loaded with hilsa packed in 35 cartons in the morning.
They later seized the hilsa from the vehicle, said the BGB official.
However, the smugglers and trucker managed to flee the scene, sensing the presence of the BGB members, he said.
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