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Tripura: 1,018 persons arrested for illegally trying to cross border into India: BSF IG

First Published: 22nd April, 2024 19:08 IST

The issues of illegal infiltration and drug smuggling continue to remain the two biggest concerns for the Border Security Force in Tripura.

The issues of illegal infiltration and drug smuggling continue to remain the two biggest concerns for the Border Security Force in Tripura.

Addressing a press meet today, BSF IG Tripura frontier, Patel Piyush Purushottam Das stated that a total of 1,018 illegals were apprehended while trying to cross the border into India.

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