BSF seizes PVC pipes from border villages

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 15

A huge quantity of drugs was apparently sneaked into Indian territory by cross-border smugglers at Rajatal and Daoke border villages here on Sunday.

The BSF seized confiscated PVC plastic pipes which were inserted in the barbed fence at these two places. BSF officials have submitted complaints to the police which have registered two separate FIRs in this regard and started further investigation.

KND Bargohen, Commandant of Company B of 71 Battalion posted near the Daoke border outpost, in his statement to the Gharinda police stated that at around 8.30am on Sunday, jawans patrolling the barbed fence on the Indo-Pak border noticed signs of insertion of PVC pipes in the electrified barbed fence, besides footprints of cross-border smuggler who might have made attempts to sneak in the contraband. Similarly, another complaint was submitted by Om Parkash Swami, Commandant of Company E of 71 Battalion of BSF posted at the Rajatal border outpost, revealed that at around 8.25am, a patrolling party saw footprints and signs of insertion of plastic pipes near the barbed fence.

The police have registered two separate FIRs under Sections 3, 34 and 20 of the Indian Passport Act and Section 14 of the Foreign Act against unknown intruders in this connection. Gurpartap Singh Sahota, DSP, Attari, said cases were registered following the complaints submitted by the BSF authorities and the police have activated our human intelligence to find the smugglers who would be involved in the smuggling.

“Though nothing can be confirmed whether the contraband was sneaked or not, but attempts were surely made as the preliminary investigation suggests,” he said. With fog engulfing the region, there is almost zero visibility at the international border making the task very challenging for BSF jawans. On Tuesday, the Punjab Police claimed to have busted a module allegedly involved in the drug and arms smuggling from across the border.