BSF foils smuggling bid, seizes 24000kg sugar in Meghalaya

Shillong: A vehicle loaded with a huge quantity of sugar meant for smuggling into Bangladesh was intercepted and two Indian nationals apprehended in East Jaintia Hills district on Friday, reports Manosh Das.“Based on specific information, BSF troops identified and intercepted a truck loaded with 24,000kg of sugar in Kuliang bordering area. Upon questioning, the driver and co-driver failed to produce any valid documents pertaining to the consignment of sugar,” a statement issued by the BSF Meghalaya Frontier HQ here on Saturday said. The seized sugar and both apprehended persons were handed over to the customs office Badarpur for further legal proceedings, it added.

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