5-taka notes worth Tk 45,000 seized at Benapole

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized Bangladeshi five-taka notes worth Tk 45,000 from no-man’s land area in Benapole International Checkpost on Monday.

Being tipped-off, a team of BGB-49 battalion conducted a drive in the area at noon and seized the notes as abandoned condition from a school bag while being smuggled into India, said Lt Col Ariful Haque, commanding officer of the BGB battalion.

 A case was filed.

Due to high demand by Indian drug addicts, the Bangladeshi two-taka note and five-taka note are smuggled into India. Drug addicts use these notes to roll into a pipe to inhale smoke from Yaba, a powerful addictive stimulant, and heroin.

Source: unb