BSF seizes 95kg ganja, 510 bottles of cough syrup in West Bengal border raid
BSF
South Bengal Frontier seized 95 kilograms of Ganja and 510 bottles of
Wincerex
and foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics along the Indo–Bangladesh international border in West Bengal's
North 24 Parganas
district.
The troops of the 143 Battalion of BSF South Bengal Frontier's Tarali-1 Border Outpost on Wednesday laid an ambush near a papaya orchard and initiated stringent surveillance in the border areas.
In the wee hours of Wednesday, at around 3.40 am, the troops spotted 5–6 'suspicious individuals carrying loads on their heads and moving toward the international border through paddy fields', BSF said in a statement. 'The troops immediately challenged them to stop and advanced quickly towards them. Fearing capture, the smugglers panicked and threw down their goods and fled toward Swaroopdah village taking cover of darkness and bushes.'
'The BSF conducted a thorough search operation in the area and recovered six plastic sacks. They recovered a total of 95 kilograms of Ganja, packed in 109 packets and 510 bottles of Wincerex on further examination of these sacks,' BSF said.
The seized narcotics will be handed over to the concerned department after completing the necessary legal formalities, sources told ET.
N K Pandey, Public Relations Officer of the South Bengal Frontier, stated that 'BSF personnel are performing their duties with full alertness and commitment to prevent smuggling along the India–Bangladesh border. As a result of their continuous and strategic actions, major smuggling attempts are being thwarted.'
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