Guwahati : Guwahati Police recently arrested two smugglers who were found secretly carrying 14 live cattle, according to an official statement released on Monday.
The smugglers, identified as Abdul Kashem (23) & Sahadat Alam (22), were arrested while trying to smuggle the cattle into Meghalaya.
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Legal action has now been initiated against the accused smugglers who hail from Dalgaon in Darrang district of Assam.
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The accussed have been intercepted near Jorabat area near Guwahati in Assam.
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Cattle smuggling has been rampant in the Indo-Bangladesh border and the state police have been keeping a strict vigilance to track all the culprits who engage in such activities.
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To prevent cattle smuggling across the Indo-Bangladesh border, the Border Security Force (BSF) have been taking a number of steps.
Effective domination of the borders by carrying out round the clock patrolling, laying nakas, establishing observation posts all along the International Border (IB) and strengthening of existing defences of the Border Out Posts (BOPs).