Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized some 2.5 tonnes of low-quality Indian smuggled tea from Amrakhali area of Benapole on Monday night.
Lieutenant Colonel Ariful Hoque, Commanding Officer of BGB-49 battalion, said acting on a tip-off, a BGB team conducted a drive in the area and recovered the smuggled tea worth Tk 0.50 million in an abandoned condition.
Later, the confiscated tea were deposited to Benapole customs warehouse.
A case has been filed with local police station.