Police arrest 9 cattle smugglers from India-Bangladesh border

Assam Police have arrested nine people from the India-Bangladesh border for trying to smuggle cattle to Bangladesh. Police also recovered iron cutters from the smugglers which they used for cutting fences.

South Salmara Mankachar (Assam): Nine people have been arrested in South Salmara Mankachar district of Assam while they were trying to smuggle cattle to Bangladesh.

They were taken into custody from the India-Bangladesh border here, Superintendent of Police (South Salmara Mankachar) Kankanjyoti Saikiya said on Wednesday.

Six of the nine arrested were identified as Akhirul Islam, Abdul Azad, Habezuddin, Shahidur Rehman, Mijanur Rehman and Chand Miyan, police said.

Saikiya said, "We have recovered iron cutters from them. We had received information that smugglers used to cut fences at the border and smuggle cattle. Nine cattle were also recovered".