Shillong-Dhaka bus used for smuggling goods

Shillong, Aug 27: The BSF on Monday seized contraband goods from Shillong-Dhaka bus in Dawki, West Jaintia Hills and apprehended three bus staff who are Bangladeshi nationals.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the BSF Meghalaya Frontier said acting on specific information, the vigilant troops of the 4th Bn BSF Meghalaya, in collaboration with local police, customs and Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) recovered contraband items loaded in the Shillong-Dhaka Maitri bus and apprehended three Bangladeshi bus staff members who were returning to Bangladesh through Integrated Check Point at Dawki.

During the operation, the BSF troops seized a substantial amount of silver, sarees and electronic items, including mobile phones, headphones, and mobile accessories worth more than Rs 48 lakh hidden in the bus’s cavities. Upon questioning, the bus staff failed to produce valid documents for these items. The seized goods and the apprehended Bangladeshi nationals were handed over to the customs office at Dawki for further investigation and legal action.