Agartala, March 16 -- Troops of BSF Tripura recovered 187 mobile phones worth Rs 42 lakh from Matinagar on Sunday.

According to official sources, the Border Security Force had observed suspicious movements of five to six miscreants on both sides of the Indo-Bangladesh border Fence in the Matinagar area.

These miscreants, who were in an attempt to carry out smuggling activities, forcefully fled away towards their respective sides when challenged by the Border Security Force (BSF).

The seized mobile phones have been handed over to the Customs office of Sonamura for further necessary action.

Taking to social media X, BSF Tripura in a post wrote "On March 16,2025, acting on specific information, troops of BSF Tripura Frontier successfully...