BSF arrests smuggler from Cooch Behar

Troops of the Guwahati Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) have apprehended a smuggler from the International border in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal.
The troops of BOP Khakribari yesterday apprehended the smuggler identified as Suresh Barman of Cooch Behar district and recovered from him Bangladeshi Taka 26,000 meant for transborder smuggling, a BSF release said today.
The apprehended smuggler along with the seized foreign currency was handed over to local police for legal action, the release said.
Meanwhile, the BSF troops have seized 172 cattle heads valued approximately Rs 9,71,920 and other items worth Rs 97,210 last night.

Asserting that the BSF troops were always alert towards the issue of trans-border crimes and infiltration, the release said the border force was making all out efforts to prevent commission of such crimes.