Kanchanpur, November 15
The Armed Police Force (APF) has seized walnuts and bicycles worth Rs 315,000 from the Nepal-India border area in Sundarnagar, Dodhara Chandani Municipality-8, Kanchanpur.
The goods were seized at around 11 pm on Saturday while they were being transported by bicycle from Nepal to India.
The seizure was made during a joint border patrol conducted by three teams deployed from the Devisthan Border Security Company, Border Outpost (BOP) Sundarnagar and BOP Kanjbhoj, under the APF Nepal No. 35 Battalion Headquarters Shaileshwari in Kanchanpur.
The seized items included 590 kilograms of walnuts and four bicycles used to transport them. According to the APF, the walnuts were valued at Rs 295,000 and the bicycles at Rs 20,000, bringing the total value of the seized goods to Rs 315,000.
The APF said the seized goods had been handed over to the Kanchanpur Customs Office at Gaddachauki for necessary legal action.
