BSF seizes suspected heroin in Murshidabad, one arrested

KOLKATA: The Border Security Force (BSF), on Friday, apprehended an Indian national near the Indo-Bangladesh border with 385 grams of narcotics, suspected to be Heroin. The powder along with the smuggler have been handed over to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Kolkata.
"Around 8 am on Friday, troops of the 4Bn BSF, posted at Border Outpost Atrosiya, in Lalgola, Murshidabad, received specific information of movement of narcotics in the area.A special operation was launched and around 9 am, a man was spotted cycling towards the International Border with a bag. He tried to flee when challenged by the BSF. The troops managed to apprehend him though and seized the plastic bag he was carrying. On opening the bag, 385 grams of a brownish-white, opiate substance was found. This is suspected to be Heroin. Its value in the international market is several lakhs," a senior BSF officer said.
The man was identified as Firoz Sheikh (34), a resident of Atrosiya village, Biborakopra, Lalgola, Murshidabad. He was apparently trying to smuggle the narcotics across the border into Bangladesh. In 2016, troops of the BSF's South Bengal Frontier has seized 1.378 kg narcotics and apprehended five smugglers.