Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel yesterday arrested eight Bangladeshi nationals while they were going to India through Putkhali border under Benapole Port Police Station without passports.

The arrestees hail from different areas of Narail and Faridpur districts.

A patrol team of the border guards conducted a drive in the area around 7:00am and detained the eight, Mohammad Farid Uddin, commander of Putkhali camp of BGB 23 Battalion, said.