UNB,Benapole :
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 553 pieces of goat rawhides foiling a smuggling bid on Putkhali border here early Saturday.
Acting on secret information that huge goat hides were being smuggled to India, a team of BGB-23 conducted a drive in the bordering area and seized 553 pieces of goat rawhides early this morning, said commanding officer of BGB-23 Lieutenant Colonel A Rahim.
However, BGB could not arrest anyone as the smugglers managed to flee.
The market value of the goat hides is Tk4 lakh, he added.
The seized rawhides were deposited to the Benapole customs house.