Heroin worth Rs 1,500 crore seized along Indo-Pak, Bangladesh borders

New Delhi:

Heroin worth over Rs 1,500 crore has been seized from Indian frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh so far this year by Border Security Force (BSF), besides significant seizures of arms, ammunition and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).

About 2.5 lakh personnel force guards 2,289 kms Indo-Pak International Border and 4,096 kms of Indo-Bangla frontier.

"Recovered almost Rs 1,500 crore worth of Heroin during this year," a press release issued today by the force said.

The seizure of Heroin was 303.589 kgs, 78 arms, 2,860 number of ammunitions and FICN with face value of Rs 2.68 crore, it said.

"Active border denomination and intelligence based operations led to the record seizures of Heroin (280.54 kg) during 2015 in Punjab," the release said.

The force is carrying out "vulnerability mapping" of vulnerable patches on Indo-Pak border. Vulnerable mapping of Border Out Posts (BOPs) has been completed from the angle of illegal migration, human trafficking, FICN and cattle smuggling, it said.

Under Coordinated Border Management Plan signed between India and Bangladesh to resolve minor issues, nodal officers are detailed by BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Day and night simultaneous coordinated patrols are being carried out by both the border guarding forces, the release said.