(District- North 24 Parganas)
BSF troops under the South Bengal Frontier foiled a smuggling attempt, seized 3.412 kg of Silver ornaments on the International Border, while being smuggled from India to Bangladesh. The estimated value of the seized Silver ornaments is Rs 1,76,785/-.
On April 05, 2023, at approximately 3:00 pm, acting on concrete information, troops of Border Out Post Gobardha, 153 Battalion, conducted a special operation in village Gobardha. During the operation, jawans noticed a suspicious person coming from Gobardha Bazar and heading towards Gobardha village. On being challenged by BSF jawans, the person started running towards Built-up area and escaped from the spot taking advantage dense Bamboo bushes and thick habitation. Thereafter, jawans carried out thorough search the area and recovered 02 packets containing 3.412 kg of Silver ornaments.
Seized Silver ornaments were handed over to the Custom Office Tentulia for further legal action.
Expressing satisfaction over the success of the operation, the spokesperson of the South Bengal Frontier stated that all smuggling prone-routes and patches have been put under strict surveillance in a bid to discourage from carrying out smuggler’s nefarious intensions.He also mentioned that his team provides information related to smuggling and closely monitors criminal activities in the border area.
( Source : BSF)
