BSF thwarts infiltration, smuggling attempts in Nadia, N 24 Parganas
Times of India | 13 January 2025
12 Kolkata: BSF jawans posted at two India-Bangladesh border areas thwarted infiltration as well as drug and cattle smuggling attempts on Saturday night.
According to BSF, all boat nakas were alerted on receipt of information about a likely drug smuggling bid from the area of border post CS Khali in North 24 Parganas. A BSF South Bengal Frontier spokesperson said jawans spotted an individual carrying a polythene bag on his head walking fast from the Indian side. A jawan immediately ran towards him and challenged him to stop.
"Seeing the BSF jawan coming towards him, the smuggler panicked, threw away the bag and escaped taking advantage of the dense crops and fog," said the spokesperson.
The officer said that by then, the boat naka had arrived. During a search of the surrounding area, a polythene bag was recovered. Two cartons were found in it that contained a large quantity of illegal drugs.
"They seized 565 bottles of Phensedyl, 3kg of ganja, 2,900 strips of quinine sulfate tablet, 700 injections of quinine dihydrochloride and 1,200 artemether injections," the spokesperson said.
Also on Saturday night, a statement said, in Nadia, the force drove back 22 Bangladeshi infiltrators and two suspected Rohingya to Bangladesh.
In addition, BSF said, eight cattle were also freed from the clutches of smugglers.