(District-Malda)
On 16th September, 2022 at about 0200 hrs, late in the night troops of Border Out Post Sukhdevpur, 70 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier, seized 359 mobile phones on the International Border.
On the basis of accurate information received from BSF intelligence sources, troops of Border Out Post Sukhdevpur noticed about 10 to 12 suspected smugglers moving towards fencing with bundles. But seeing the troops coming towards them, the smugglers fled with the help of thick darkness and bushes. After that the jawans launched a special search operation, during the search, 08 bags were recovered in the pit of soil near fencing. On opening of the recovered bags, mobile phones of various companies were found. The estimated value of the seized mobile phones is 39,29,000/- rupees.
According to the BSF inputs the names of many Indian smugglers involved in this smuggling have come to the fore, who were involved in this smuggling. An FIR has been lodged against all those smugglers at the Baishnabnagar Police Station and the mobile phones that have been seized have also been handed over to the said Police Station for further legal action.
The Commanding Officer of the 70 Battalion stated that the Border Security Force is taking strict measures to prevent smuggling along the Indo-Bangladesh Border. Due to which people involved in activities like smuggling are experiencing a lot of difficulties and some of them are getting apprehended, who are also being punished according to the law.
