3 held with fake currency worth Tk 5.93 lakh

Three people have been arrested with counterfeit currency worth Tk 5.93 lakh in an operation by the SRB in Shibganj of Chapainawabganj, while Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have separately seized 56 bottles of intoxicating syrup and 460 injections.

According to an SRB press release issued on Saturday, an operational team, acting on a tip-off, raided a shop at Mukim Market in Swarnakar Patti, Ward No. 5 of Shibganj Municipality, on Friday.

During the raid, the team arrested three people red-handed and seized counterfeit banknotes worth Tk 593,000, Tk 20,640 in cash, three mobile phones, two ATM cards and two wallets.

The arrestees were identified as Bashir Uddin, 56, of Par Dilalpur village under Shahabajpur Union; Manik, 38, of Kalabari village under Kansat Union; and Yusuf Ali, 50, of Chand Shikari village under Binodpur Union in Shibganj upazila.

A case has been filed with Shibganj Police Station, and the three were shown arrested in connection with the case before being sent to jail.

The commander of the Mahananda Battalion (59 BGB) confirmed the incident.
In a separate operation, a patrol team from the Chakpara Border Outpost (BOP) of BGB’s 59 Battalion recovered 56 bottles of Indian intoxicating syrup and 460 intoxicating injections early on October 24.

Acting on a tip-off, the team conducted a search along a road in Upar Chakpara village under Shahabajpur Union, approximately 600 yards inside Bangladesh from border pillar No. 182/7-S. The items were found abandoned at the scene.

The estimated value of the seized syrup and injections is Tk 91,400. A separate case has been filed in connection with the seizure.