According to the BSF, the events unfolded when the jawans of Border Outpost Ramchandrapur from the 107 Battalion under the South Bengal Frontier received information from reliable information about a large quantity of Ganja being stored in an abandoned house in Bira village, near the border.
A team of Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal foiled a smuggling bid and apprehended 5 persons after 2.5 kilogram of contraband heroin was seized on Tuesday afternoon near the Sukanta Pally Bus stop in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
"The BSF search team thoroughly searched the bus and found 52 gold biscuits weighing 6,950 grams in the hollow pipe near its fuel tank," stated the officials.
Foiling a smuggling bid, Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday apprehended two Bangladeshi nationals along with 52 gold biscuits worth Rs 4.24 crore at Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
Border Security Force (BSF) caught a postman red-handed while smuggling Phensedyl through a parcel in North 24 Parganas district on Thursday, said an official. The incident occurred at BSF's Border Out Post Hakimpur, 112 Battalion, under South Bengal Frontier, in North 24 Parganas district.
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.
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.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited the auspicious "Matua Dharma Maha Mela" at the Shreedham Thakurnagar, Thakurbari, North 24 Parganah in West Bengal.
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.
According to the police, Congress leader and High Court lawyer Koustuv Bagchi (32) was arrested on the charges of 120B/153/ 354A/ 504/505/506/509 of the Indian Penal Code, registered in Burtolla Police Station.