Agartala, Feb. 10 -- Security agencies, including the Customs Division, apprehended a man from Manipur late Sunday evening at Shingicherra in Khowai, Tripura while he was attempting to smuggle arms and ammunition into Bangladesh.

According to Tripura Police sources, officials of the Customs Division, Agartala, received intelligence that a Manipur-based individual, allegedly linked to a trans-border syndicate involved in arms and narcotics smuggling, was travelling on the Guwahati-Agartala Special train from Lumding to Agartala with illegal arms and ammunition.

"The information was developed further, and since the exact delivery location of the arms was uncertain, officers of the Customs Division, Agartala, maintained close surveillance ...