Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained two Indian nationals for evading customs duties and bringing in goods.

They were detained from the Akhaura land port area in Brahmanbaria and handed over to the police on Tuesday, said Akhaura Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Somiuddin on Wednesday.

BGB seized goods worth around Tk8.5 lakh from the two Indian nationals, including three-piece suits, cream, and alcohol, he said.

The arrestee Indian nationals are Rahul Mia, 28, and Selina Begum, 45, both from the Ramnagar area of Tripura, India.

Their passports were also confiscated, and they were sent to jail through court proceedings on Wednesday, the OC said.

BGB's Habildar Mohammad Zakir Hossain filed a case against the detainees, stating that the two Indian nationals were intercepted while travelling by auto-rickshaw after passing through the land port area on Tuesday afternoon.

A search led to the recovery of 52 three-piece suits, 1,700 pieces of cream, and five bottles of alcohol. As they failed to produce any documents for the goods, they admitted to bringing them in by evading customs duties, according to the BGB.