Bangladeshi smuggler killed along India-Bangladesh border in WB: BSF

A minimum of 75 bottles of the cough syrup were seized from his ownership, the officers mentioned.

A Bangladeshi smuggler has been shot useless by means of Border Safety Power (BSF) troops alongside the India-Bangladesh global border in West Bengal, officers mentioned on Sunday.

The person used to be killed by means of a BSF celebration close to the Gopalpur publish of the border power in Malda district of the state on Saturday night time, they mentioned.

He used to be looking to smuggle Phensedyl bottles. A minimum of 75 bottles of the cough syrup were seized from his ownership, the officers mentioned.

Phensedyl is codeine-based cough syrup and abused as an intoxicant within the neighbouring nation that follows liquor prohibition. It’s abused by means of kids and is “fed on in massive amount towards the really useful small dose to get a kick”, in keeping with a contemporary BSF record.

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