- विज्ञापन -
Kolkata: The Border Security forces in West Bengal have arrested one smuggler in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal with silver ornaments weighing 8.5 kg.
N K Pandey, DIG and spokesperson, BSF, South Bengal Frontier said that the smuggler was planning to smuggle the ornaments, valued at nearly Rs 6,17,004, to Bangladesh.
He also said that the troops of the 143 Battalion BSF, posted at Tarali-1 Border Outpost, were carrying out checks at the Hakimpur checkpoint when they came across a motorcyclist moving towards the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB).
The jawans stopped the man and carried out a thorough search. The ornaments were found inside the air filter and tail light cavities of the motorcycle.
The man, along with the motorcycle, was taken to the Tarali-1 BOP, where he was interrogated. He claimed to be a resident of the Swarupdaha village in the Swarup Nagar police station area of North 24-Parganas.
He also claimed that an unknown person from Bithari Bazaar had given him the motorcycle and informed him of the silver ornaments inside.
He added the smuggler was supposed to cross the BSF domination line through the Hakimpur checkpoint and hand over the vehicle, along with the silver.
The DIG praised the efforts of the BSF jawans says due to their alertness, criminals are being apprehended along the IBB on a regular basis and seizures are being made.
The BSF will not allow smuggling or any other crimes along the border. Those involved in such activities will get into trouble unless they mend their ways,” he said.
