Foiling a smuggling effort, the Border Security Force (BSF) seized gold biscuits worth Rs 36 lakh smuggled from Bangladesh to India in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday.
Thaosen's direction came on the first day of his two-day visit to the North Bengal frontier aimed to review the current security scenario and operational preparedness at the India-Bangladesh border being guarded by the BSF.
In yet another success in its drive against trans-border crimes and narcotics trafficking, and foiling a smuggling bid, Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday apprehended two narcotic smugglers with prohibited Yaba Tablets and cough syrup on Indo-Bangladesh international border.
A team from the Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested a convicted narcotics trafficker and absconder, who was trying to escape to Bangladesh from India-Bangladesh Border near Dinhata, West Bengal.
Beyond its mandated duty to guard India's international borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, Border Security Force (BSF) organised a free medical camp for the people residing in border areas as part of its effort to develop mutual trust between the force and the people.
In a joint operation, teams of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Customs arrested two persons and seized 40 pieces of gold worth Rs 2.82 crore along the India-Bangladesh border.
Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday recovered 22 cattle heads and detained three persons in Assam's Karimganj district along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has established 15 Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) on the India-Bangladesh border for curbing and controlling infiltration, human trafficking and smuggling of any contraband, Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Additional Director General, BSF(Eastern Command) Kolkata, Sonali Mishra, IPS visited the Indo-Bangladesh International border on Tuesday for reviewing the operational preparedness.
Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) have foiled a smuggling bid and caught a smuggler with 12 gold biscuits worth Rs 81 lakh on the Indo-Bangladesh border, BSF said in a statement on Monday.