BSF seizes goods worth Rs 46.5 lakhs being smuggled to Bangladesh

Nadia (West Bengal), July 20: The Border Security Force (BSF) troops when checking a goods train going to Darshana (Bangladesh) from Gede (India) seized goods worth Rs 46.5 lakhs from a wagon which was being smuggled to the neighboring country. The BSF said that the goods being smuggled to Bangladesh were found during the part of the routine search.

 

 

"Troops observed in one of the wagons, which was at serial number 3 from the last, that its sealing tampered. When troops peeped through the gaps of doors, they found some suspicious goods inside it,” a release by the security forces read.

 

 

It further added that troops informed senior officers of BSF and subsequently officials of Customs Check Post-Gede as well as RPF. Thereafter, troops opened the wagon in the presence of Customs officials and RPF officials and found 30 cartons of various contrabands such as footwears, cosmetics, mobile phones.

 

The commanding officer said this is the second seizure from a goods trains in the last one month. Meanwhile, a complaint has been lodged with the Custom officials-Gede in connection with the seizure and the seized contraband was handed over to them.