The special operation group of Siliguri Metropolitan Police held a joint raid with Bagdogra police on Wednesday to seize brown sugar (a derivative of heroin) worth around Rs 55 lakh from a resident of Murshidabad.
Police said the arrested person, Md Hasibul Sheikh, is a drug peddler.
“We have seized 270 grams of brown sugar worth around 55 lakhs from him,” said a police officer.
Troops of 61 battalion of the Border Security Force deployed at the outpost in Bhimpur on India-Bangladesh border in South Dinajpur nabbed an Indian resident, allegedly a smuggler, trying to cross the international border on Tuesday. Prasenjit Mahato, a resident of Srikrishnapur village, was later handed over to the Hilli police station.
The BSF personnel of the north Bengal frontier seized various items including cattle and cough syrups worth Rs 4.27 lakh from different locations from November 30 to December 2. Those items were about to be smuggled to Bangladesh, BSF sources said.