India-Nepal border, Four arrested with illegal arms

by Ashis Bharadwaj    February 02, 2009

Four person were arrested near the India-Nepal border  for possessing illegal arms and possible involvement in smuggling and drug trafficking, officials said on Wednesday. The arrests were made from Panitanki area in West Bengal's Siliguri sub-division by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) that guards the borders with Nepal and Bhutan.

SSB's 22 Battalion commandant S.L. Sarkar told that the troopers became suspicious while checking a group of five who had came from Nepal in a vehicle and a motorcycle. One of the five men managed to escape, while the rest were detained for questioning and a 9 mm pistol and one magazine were seized from them.  They also had identity cards of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and currency of India, Bhutan and Nepal. "The four could be involved in smuggling and drug trafficking. But now, we have arrested them under the Arms Act. Interrogation is on,"  commandant Sarkar said.

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