(District-North 24 Parganas & Murshidabad)
On 6th October’ 2022 at around 1730 hrs, acting on the basis of reliable information, troops of Border Out Post Gobardha, 153 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier, apprehended a smuggler with 147 bottles of Phensedyl and 1 kg of Ganja. The jawans noticed the activities of some smugglers in their area, after which they chased them and apprehended a smuggler on the spot. He was identified as Malay Vaidh, District North 24 Parganas.
During interrogation the smuggler revealed that he is involved in such smuggling for a long time. He further revealed that he had taken these items from Shishir Mandal, District North 24 Parganas and was to be handed over near zero line to Vatan Mandal, District North 24 Parganas. Anoop Vaidh and Swapan Vaidh, District North 24 Parganas also helped him in this work.
In another incident on 6th October, 2022 at 1920 hrs, troops of Border Out Post DMC, 35 Battalion recovered 300 Phensedyl bottles from their area of responsibility. In addition, troops of ICP Petrapole, 179 Battalion recovered 240 Phensedyl bottles. The estimated value of all the confiscated Phensedyl is 1,30,987/ rupees.
The apprehended person and confiscated goods were handed over to Police Stations Swarupnagar, Lalgola and Custom Office Haridaspur respectively for further legal action.
Spokesperson of South Bengal Frontier stated that BSF troops are ready in their area and are trying to stop crimes like smuggling. The officer also stated that our intelligence department thwarts such tasks before they are executed.
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