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Smuggling of contraband items on a arise
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Smuggling of contraband items on a arise
PHOTO : Smuggling of Contraband items at a rise. TIWN File Photo.

AGARTALA, Nov 28 (TIWN): Despite wire fence in most of the parts of the border area of Khowai district the smuggling of contraband goods is still on a rise.

Illegal intrusion of smugglers, robbery, theft cases and smuggling is on a rise across the Indo-Bangla border at Khowai district.

Smuggling of Phensedyl a cough syrup, with an exceedingly high dose of codeine and other contraband items are increasing day by day in the state. A section of people alleged that due to the under table connection between police and smugglers the police are not doing anything to stop the smuggling of Phensedyl and contraband items.

Due to the involvement of mafia gang and the deep hand in the smuggling business and also keeps the police and BSF in his pocket.  Every day contraband items worth lakhs and lakhs of rupees are being intruded to Bangladesh as it brings huge income.

However, the localites alleged that in the broad day the smugglers under the nose of the BSF jawans throws packets and boxes of the contraband goods over the wire fence and someone on the other side receive the boxes.

The fence on the Tripura-Bangladesh border being erected to block infiltrators, but militants, have succeeded in fuelling the local economy and fattening chemists in the border state but spawning a narcotics network.                                                                                       

Police often detain vehicles and seize thousands of bottles of Phensedyl consignments that are not used in Tripura but are supplied to Bangladesh. But, this is just the tip of the iceberg because the network is very deep rooted and widespread.

Consumption of alcohol is banned in Muslim majority Bangladesh and thus the demand of alternative means like cough syrup is on the rise in the neighboring country. Numerous smugglers of both sides of border are engaged in illegal trade of Phensedyl as it gives them huge income.

Illegal intrusion of the extremist, smuggling of contraband items and cattle’s across Tripura to Bangladesh and vice-versa has become an everyday-issue. Despite the wire fencing across the border area Bisalgarh is on a crest for transporting the prohibited goods.

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