"Based on concrete information, the troops caught a smuggler with 50 gold biscuits and 16 gold bars. The weight of the seized gold is 23 kg and its estimated value is Rs 14 crore. The smuggler was trying to bring this gold from Bangladesh to India," read an official press release.
In yet another success in its drive against trans-border smuggling at the Indo-Bangladesh border, the Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a smuggler and recovered illegal arms, according to an official statement.
Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday early morning at around 4.10 am intercepted the movement of a suspected drone near Gatti Rajoke village in Ferozepur.
The Border Security Force (BSF)and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Co-ordination Conference concluded on Thursday, where the issues of bilateral interests were discussed to pave way for enhanced understanding and increased cooperation between both forces.
According to officials, the joint operation was carried out in the bordering area of Gaonbari, under the jurisdiction of PS-Rongra, South Garo Hills where two trucks loaded with a huge quantity of dry betel nuts were confiscated and seized by the joint operation team.
The team is being led by Padma Shri Loveraj Singh Dharamshaktu, Deputy Commandant. The officer is the only mountaineer in our country who has scaled Mt Everest seven times.
Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Meghalaya police, seized a huge quantity of Medicines, Clothing, and Glass frames worth Rs 88 lakhs, which were meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh from the international border of South West Khasi Hills, said BSF in a statement.
The border guarding forces of India as well as Bangladesh made arrangements for the deceased man's niece and his relatives living in Bangladesh to pay their last respects at the Zero Line near the International Border, keeping humanity paramount.
In a joint operation launched by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police at the outskirts of Mehdipur village in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, drugs weighing around 2.752 Kg were seized, an official statement said on Friday.
During the search, troops recovered six packets of narcotics suspected to be heroin (approximately 6.3 kg) and one packet of suspected opium (approximately 70 gram), concealed inside a 12-volt battery and kept in the vicinity of the international border, ahead of border fencing.