Kolkata, April 23 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) at the India-Bangladesh border in Malda district foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons to Bangladesh and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, said an official release on Wednesday.

According to an official BSF release, "On the evening of 22 April 2025, vigilant Jawans from the Border Outpost Nawada of the 119th Battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle firearms from India to Bangladesh along the International Border in Malda district, West Bengal."

The operation began when the BSF Jawans noticed two suspicious individuals approaching the border.

Upon alerting their colleagues, the jawans warned the smugglers, but as they attempted to...