Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel seized smuggled motor parts worth I k 86.31 lakh from Benapole check post areas yesterday, while Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 1,500 bottles of phensidyl from Lauzaninjessore.

BDR's Benapole Company Commander Gulzar Hossain said the parts were smuggled into the country from India and, sensing the BDR's presence, the smugglers fled off the scene leaving the parts wrapped into seven sacks.

The parts were handed over to Benapole customs house.

Meanwhile, Rab officials said they recovered the contraband drugs after searching a truck bound to Dhaka from Benapole.

They said sensing the Rab personnel started searching the truck, the driver and helper ran away leaving the vehicle.