In a significant breakthrough, the Border Security Force (BSF) has thwarted a major cattle smuggling operation, apprehending two individuals and seizing ten cattle heads along with a vehicle.
In yet another success in its drive against trans-border crimes and narcotics trafficking, troops under the Border Security Force (BSF) Guwahati Frontier foiled a smuggling bid and seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN), narcotics and rescued large number of cattle heads meant for smugglin
"The vehicle was illegally transporting the cattle. The police team apprehended two persons, Iman Ali (36) and Sofiqul Haque (30), both hailing from Nagaon district. The vehicle has been seized along with 30 cattle heads and other items in the presence of the witnesses," the official said.
In a joint operation with West Bengal Police, troops of North Bengal Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) have apprehended 14 persons and rescued 240 cattle heads along the Indo-Bangladesh border, officials said on Tuesday.
"Acting on a specific tip-off, troops of BSF Meghalaya in different operations seized 37 cattle while being taken towards the International border by smugglers," the BSF said in a press release issued on Tuesday. The operations were carried out on Monday.
Guwahati city police recovered and seized 115 cattle heads in three separate operations and arrested nine cattle smugglers in the last 72 hours, police said on Monday.
Assam Police foiled an interstate cattle smuggling bid and recovered 70 cattle heads from two trucks at the Jorabat area in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Saturday.
Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Inspector General of BSF Guwahati Frontier on Thursday said that this year till November 30, BSF Guwahati Frontier has seized 5695 cattle heads, 2804 kg of ganja, 40202 Yaba tablets.
Acting on specific intelligence input, on November 25, 2023, "The vigilant troops of 75 Bn BSF under the Gopalpur Sector of the Guwahati Frontier of the Border Security Force rescued 54 cattle in a border area near Village Dhumarkata, District Coochbehar (West Bengal)."
Continuing its operation against illegal cattle smuggling, Guwahati city police rescued 24 cattle heads from a truck in the Sonapur area, on the outskirts of Guwahati, late Wednesday night.