Total of 134 foreigners — including 92 Bangladeshis, 41 Rohingyas and one Nigerian — were held in 2019 from India-Bangladesh border in Tripura.
BY RAJNISH SINGH
New Delhi, January 03, 2020 (IANS): Bangladeshis and Rohingyas played a major role in the smuggling of narcotic substances on India-Bangladesh border in the northeastern state of Tripura during 2019, a BSF intelligence report said.
The report is based on the apprehension of the smugglers who were nabbed on the International Border of the two countries in Tripura — a hilly state in northeast India that is bordered on three sides by Bangladesh and home to a diverse mix of tribal cultures and religious groups.
As per the document, accessed by IANS, a total of 134 foreigners — including 92 Bangladeshis, 41 Rohingyas and one Nigerian — were held in 2019 from India-Bangladesh border in Tripura.
“A total of 266 smugglers were apprehended on India-Bangladesh border in Tripura in 2019. Of them, 132 are Indian nationals and 134 are other nationals that include 92 Bangladeshis, 41 Rohingyas and one Nigerian,” the documents said.
The Border Security Force (BSF), which is mandated to guard the 4,096 km India-Bangladesh border, said the 266 smugglers were involved in smuggling of Yaba tablets, Ganja (marijuana), phensedyl, liquor and cattle worth Rs 34.27 crore.
The document said that the BSF had seized a total of 3,59,059 Yaba tablets (Rs 17.45 crore); 10,907.08 kgs of Ganja (Rs 5.45 crore); 34,336 bottles of phensedyl (Rs 46.81 lakh); 5,792 bottles of liquor (Rs 8.72 lakh); and 2,333 cattle (Rs 1.78 crore) from the international border in Tripura during 2019.
(Rajnish Singh can be contacted at rajnish.s@ians.in)
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