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BSF seize 49 kg ganja from Assam-West Bengal border

| @indiablooms | Apr 15, 2020, at 05:03 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized huge quantity of ganja in two different operations in the bordering areas of Assam-West Bengal border on Wednesday.

The BSF personnel seized 49 kg ganja which was supposed to be smuggled from India to Bangladesh.

Acting on tip off, troops of BSF of Border Out Post (BOP) Jhikri of 192 Bn BSF under Guwahati Frontier carried out a special operation in general area of Jhikri villager under Sahebganj police station in West Bengal’s Coochbehar district and seized 9 kg ganja.

In another operation, based on intelligence input, troops of Border Out Post (BOP) Taraikhana of 38 Bn BSF under Guwahati Frontier carried out a special operation in general area of Taraikhana village under Sahebganj police station in West Bengal’s Coochbehar district on Wednesday and seized 40 kg ganja wrapped with plastic.

The consignment of ganja was trying to be smuggled from India to Bangladesh.

Seized Ganja is being handed over to Sahebganj police for further legal action.

BSF troops are always alert towards the issues of trans-border crimes and illegal infiltration and are making all endeavour to contain such trans-border crimes.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

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