STAFF CORRESPONDENT

SHILLONG: The BSF deployed along the international border in Meghalaya in the last 18 days has apprehended 1,348 cattle worth Rs 2,20,27,400. These cattle were to be smuggled into Bangladesh. The vicious circle of recycling of seized auctioned cattle still continues and the BSF again has take up the case of auctioning cattle away from the border belt. In view of increasing smuggling attempts, the BSF has intensified its vigil and operations on the Indo-Bangladesh border to prevent the nefarious design of trans border criminals.

The increase in smuggling attempts in 2019, do not show any sign of decline during the current year; rather it is indicating towards a increasing trend. The smugglers are continuing their daring bids to cross over the cattle to Bangladesh. The trucks loaded with cattle in large numbers are coming from the neighbouring State Assam. The routes generally adopted by the smugglers are – Khanapara – Jowai- Sonapur; Khanpara-Ladrymbai-Rymbai; Khanapara-Shillong-Pynursla. Temporary ramps are made on the National Highways where these trucks are unloaded. These cattle are kept in the thick forest and the smugglers on appropriate opportunity try to smuggle it into Bangladesh taking advantage of venerable patches of the unfenced border.

In Tura, the cattle smugglers are transporting large numbers of cattle in the pretext of cattle farming and are often in possession of a no objection certificate issued by local authorities. BSF HQ has approached the States authorities to authenticate the genuineness of these certificates.

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