Tag: Smugglers
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Three BSF personnel injured in attack by Bangladeshi smugglers near border
Troops of the 107th battalion of the force had laid an ambush in the border area and when a group of 10-12 Bangladeshi smugglers was spotted around 3:30 am, the BSF men challenged them.
July 5, 2020 -
Fake Indian currency of face value Rs 9.82 lakh seized in Bengal
Acting on specific information, the BSF officials raided Halderpara village on Saturday and apprehended one Mohammed Sukur Ali, 41, seized the fake currency notes being smuggled from India to Bangladesh.
November 4, 2018 -
Signing treaties but not honouring them
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora makes the trade of foreign birds and animals illegal, but the forest departments and Customs are blasé about it.
August 5, 2018 -
Cops seize 15 quintals of hemp on National Highway-26
Police seized about fifteen quintal of hemp worth Rs 50 lakh from a truck at Chilkili on the Nabarangpur-Papadahandi National Highway-26 on Wednesday. Inspector in-charge of Nawarangpur police station Rasmi Ranjan Pradhhan said that while a truck with registration no AP 05 TB 8449 crossed Nawarangpur, the police on suspicion chased it near Chikili Bridge …
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January 25, 2018 -
Journalist injured in attack by timber smugglers
A journalist was injured and his camera and mobile phone damaged when alleged timber smugglers attacked him in Meghalaya’s West Khasi Hills district, police said on Wednesday. Biplap Dey, a freelance journalist had gone to Athiabari area of the district, along with a driver and his friend, to investigate timber smuggling business when alleged timber …
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January 24, 2018 -
Gold bars looted from smugglers in Manipur
Two unidentified persons have looted 45 gold bars valued at over Rs 2 crore from two smugglers near Jiribam in Manipur, officials said. Official sources on Sunday said the smugglers, who brought the gold bars from Myanmar, were looted at gun point on October 24 near Jiribam, bordering Assam along National Highway 37. Police said …
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October 30, 2017 -
BSF officer dies after being attacked by cattle smugglers in Tripura
An officiating Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF), who was seriously injured in an attack by cattle smugglers in Tripura on Sunday night, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Kolkata, BSF sources said on Friday. “Officiating Commandant Deepak Kumar Mondal of 145th Battalion of BSF has expired in a private hospital in …
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October 20, 2017