Tuesday, December 10, 2024 -The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel has detained a 34-year-old Nigerian man in Tripura, India for illegal border crossing.
A BSF spokesperson who disclosed this on Monday, December 9, 2024, said
following specific intelligence, a checkpoint was established at Kaiyedhepa in
Sepahijala district, leading to the arrest of the Nigerian national named
Maxwell Nweke.
Maxwell was observed acting suspiciously along the India-Bangladesh
border road attempting to cross into Bangladesh from India.
Using information received from the Nigerian, BSF troops also
apprehended an Indian tout, Suraj Prasad, from Amtali in West Tripura, who was
trying to flee the scene on a motorcycle.
Prasad is recognized as a notorious tout, and the BSF has been actively
pursuing him, the spokesperson stated.
The spokesperson highlighted that the BSF has ramped up its surveillance
and operations along the 856 km India-Bangladesh border in Tripura to thwart
infiltration, exfiltration, and cross-border crimes, including smuggling.
The Nigerian, Indian and other arrested foreigners were handed over to the police of the districts concerned for investigation after which they will be produced before courts.
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