48 high-powered explosives, 100 detonators recovered near Sylhet border

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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered 48 high-powered explosives, 100 non-electric detonators and 11 fuses from the Nunchhara tea garden area near the Kanaighat border in Sylhet.

The explosives were recovered during a special operation conducted by the 19 BGB (Zakiganj Battalion) at around 5am today (14 November).

Lieutenant Colonel Md Sohel Alam, commanding officer of the 19 BGB Battalion, confirmed the recovery.

He said the operation was launched based on intelligence in the area under the jurisdiction of the Suraighat Border Outpost (BOP), about 400 yards inside Bangladesh from border main pillar 1317.

During a search of the area, the team found 48 high-powered gel explosives, 100 non-electric detonators and 11 fuses abandoned there, he added.

The battalion commander said BGB had intensified intelligence activities to identify the source and ownership of the recovered explosives. Patrols, searches and surveillance had also been stepped up in the area.