On the night intervening 18th & 19th August 2024, on specific information, BSF troops deployed in the area of BOP Harnakhola under PS  Sidhai of West Tripura District apprehended 07 Bangladeshi nationals while they were trying to negotiate the border fencing.

  02 Bangladeshi nationals are   residents of District Maulvibazar and 05 BD nationals including one woman and child are residents of Brahmanbaria. 1.5 lakhs BD taka and 300 US dollars were also recovered from their possession.

In another operation on specific information one Indian national was apprehended in the area of BOP Mantoli under PS Amtali of West Tripura District and 14 small packets of suspected brown sugar were recovered from his possession. Further on questioning him,  1000 nos of yaba tablets were recovered from a culvert near Nischintpur bridge.

         
 In addition in separate operations BSF troops seized a huge quantity of   Ganja and 1.75 ton of Sugar .

  BSF in Tripura has intensified operation and domination on border to thwart any attempt of infiltration and to prevent transborder crimes.