Agartala, May 3 : The BSF jawans have seized a large quantity of Cannabis in two different raids at bordering Kalsimura area under Sepahijala district of West Tripura yesterday.
According to report, based on specific information, a contingent of BSF deployed at Kalsimura Border Out Post (BOP) carried out special operation and recovered six packets of plastic bags containing 68 Kgs of Ganja worth Rs 3.4 lakh.
The packets were concealed under the bushes to be smuggled out to Bangladesh.
In another case of seizure, BSF troops deployed on Khan Border Out Post during their course of routine border patrolling observed some miscreants approaching international border. BSF party challenged them to stop but they continued with illegal activities of smuggling.
Troops on duty used non-lethal strategy to apprehend them but miscreants managed to escape from the spot taking advantage of darkness and thick forest. During search operation, BSF troops recovered and seized 9 Kgs of Ganja worth Rs. 45,000 and 6 bottles of liquor from the spot.
