Kolkata April 13 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized three countrymade pistols and several rounds of ammunition during a crackdown on a smugglers gang in West Bengal s Nadia district a senior officer said on Friday.
Acting on a tip-off about illegal arms smuggling the BSF troopers on Thursday planned an ambush near Kulanandpur village in the district and challenged two persons near the Indo-Bangladesh border fence at around 8 p.m.
"The two smugglers managed to flee taking advantage of the darkness and thick bamboo bushes but left behind a plastic bag they were carrying. The troopers recovered three countrymade pistols and four rounds of ammunition from the bag " Rabi Ranjan a senior officer of the BSF s South Bengal Frontier said in a release.
"The seized arms and ammunition have been handed over to the nearby Bagdah police station for further legal action " he said.
The BSF has so far seized 11 countrymade weapons along with several cartridges and apprehended two weapons smugglers from West Bengal so far this year.
--IANS
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