A BSF jawan of its 17th
battalion seized 139 cows worth over Rs 12 lakh as they were being smuggled out from Dhubri district in Assam to across Bangladesh today, a BSF official said.
On a tip off the jawan seized the cows as they were being smuggled out from three villages to the neighbouring country through a riverine road on the Indo-Bangladesh border, BSF commandant B B Sidhra said.
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The smugglers, however, fled away leaving behind the cows, he said, adding the cattleheads were handed over to the Customs department.