The BSF on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old youth from the Jalghar border outpost in South Dinajpur district for allegedly trying to smuggle cough syrup bottles to Bangladesh.

The BSF sources said Mohabbat Molla, the suspected smuggler, is a resident of Palashdanga village under Balurghat police station. Altogether 360 bottles of cough syrup have been seized from him. He was later handed over to the police.

Timber seized

Acting on a tip-off, foresters seized an illegal consignment of timber from NH-27 near Mainaguri in Jalpaiguri on Thursday.

Dwijapratim Sen, divisional forest officer of the Gorumara wildlife division, said their personnel stopped a truck bearing the registration number of Haryana, while it was moving through Mainaguri. As they searched the vehicle, 15 cubic feet of Burma teak — the cost of which is around ₹25 lakh — was found.

Foresters have also seized the truck. The driver and the cleaner have been arrested.