So far this year the Border Security Force (BSF) has seized around 25,000 cattle heads worth more than Rs 40 crore along the Indo-Bangladesh border in three districts of Assam and West Bengal. The BSF (Guwahati Frontier) has also seized a sizable amount of illegal drugs worth more than Rs 22 crore along the international border. 

Two districts of Assam Dhubri and South Salmara Mankachar and one district of West Bengal Cooch Behar are under control of Guwahati Frontier of BSF. The three districts share around a 500 km border with Bangladesh. Rajesh Kumar, Inspector General of BSF (Guwahati Frontier) said, "The Guwahati Frontier of BSF is peculiar compared to other parts of the country because the Brahmaputra river enters into Bangladesh through Guwahati Frontier. The jurisdiction along the international border is approximately 500 km out of which around 100 km is riverine nature and the flow of water adds to the smuggling activities". 

The top BSF official further said, "There are several Border Out Posts (BOPs) in the Char areas along Indo-Bangladesh border and during the rainy season some BOPs have flooded and the action against illegal activities has become more difficult during the rainy season." Kumar said a dedicated team is prohibiting all activities related to Smuggling.  

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