BGB finds explosives near Indian border in Sylhet

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) says it has recovered 48 high-powered explosives, 100 non-electric detonators and 11 fuses from a tea estate near the Kanaighat border in Sylhet.
The haul was found during a special operation by the 19th BGB Battalion, based in Zakiganj on Saturday.
Lt Col Md Sohel Alam, the battalion’s commanding officer, confirmed the find. 
He said the operation was launched on the basis of intelligence in the area covered by the Suraighat border outpost, in the Nunchhara tea garden, about 400 yards (365m) inside Bangladesh from border pillar 1317.
Searching the area, the team found the explosives, detonators and fuses abandoned, he said.
Lt Col Alam said the BGB had stepped up intelligence-gathering to establish who the explosives belonged to and where they had come from. Patrols, searches and surveillance in the area have also been increased.
No arrests have been reported.

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