BSF seizes 2K Yaba tablets in West Bengal’s Coochbehar
Guwahati, June 11 (IBNS): The troops of Guwahati Frontier of Border Security Force seized 2000 numbers of Yaba Tablets from bordering areas of Kalamati in West Bengal’s Coochbehar district.
Acting on a tip-off, on Monday around 9-25 pm, troops of BOP Kalamati-II carried out a special ambush near International Boundary under Coochbehar and the troops observed suspicious movement of some miscreants along with consignments of contraband items towards IB attempting to throw the consignment over the fencing from India to Bangladesh and challenged them to stop for identification.
They did not pay any heed and the miscreants fled towards the nearest Indian village leaving behind the consignment on the IB taking advantage of darkness and heavy vegetation.
After a thorough search, they recovered 1 bag of consignment (containing 2000 nos of Yaba tablets, Ganja (6.5 Kg) and 50 bottles of Phensedyl and BD currency (2220 Taka) from the spot.
This drug is prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
According to sources, these tablets are primarily being manufactured in Myanmar and then sold in India and Bangladesh as the demand for Yaba tablets is on the rise especially among the youths. The seized items have been handed over to Sahebganj police station under Coochbehar district.
Besides, BSF troops of Guwahati frontier seized 42 Cattle heads having approximate value of Rs. 3,43,384 on the intervening night of June 10-11.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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