BSF seizes ganja, heroin near Bangladesh border

The BSF, in three operations across the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, has seized 64 kg of ganja and over 500 grams of heroin besides arresting a man for weapons smuggling, an officer said on Thursday.

Troopers of the 26th battalion of the Border Security Force seized 64 kg of ganja near Behra border outpost in North 24 Parganas district during a special operation on Wednesday night.

"A BSF patrol party ambushed three smugglers carrying two gunny bags. While they managed to escape under the cover of darkness, we seized 64 kg of ganja kept in those bags," a BSF officer said.

In a similar operation near Renu border outpost in Murshidabad district, 585 grams of heroin was seized while it was being smuggled into the state.

Acting on specific inputs, a BSF special team intercepted a 34-year-old man suspected to be a weapons carrier near Kecharipara border outpost in Murshidabad. Two locally-made hand guns and a mobile phone were seized from him.