Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed at the Muktapur border outpost in West Jaiñtia Hills intercepted 58 country-made boats today and seized a huge consignment of dried peas being smuggled into the state from Bangladesh.
The boats on the Lakra River were carrying 45 tonnes of dried peas, the BSF said in a press release today. They were just about to unload their contraband and hand it over to their Indian counterparts when they were nabbed by the BSF near the village of Lakrabasti.
The seizure was valued at more than Rs 68 lakh, the BSF said.