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.
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.
Based on reliable input, bordermen of 75 BSF battalions along with Narcotic Control Bureau Zonal HQ Kolkata launched a special joint operation on Sunday in a bordering village in the Coochbehar district of West Bengal.
A coordination meeting was held on Saturday between the Nodal officers of Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to discuss, among others, the issue of security, along the Indo-Bangladesh border, the BSF informed through a statement.
Border Security Force personnel on Monday thwarted a smuggling attempt across the India–Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Murshidabad. A cattle smuggler was killed in an encounter, said officials.
The Border Security Force (BSF) troops under the South Bengal Frontier rescued 18 exotic birds (Lutino Lovebirds) from the clutches of smugglers at the Indo-Bangladesh international border area, an official said.
According to the BSF officials, the women were caught by alert troops of the North Bengal Frontier from near the Indo-Bangladesh border of West Bengal's Cooch Behar district.
Border Security Force (BSF) has thwarted a cattle smuggling bid near the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Nadia district and apprehended one person, officials said on Friday.