Lok Sabha Question No. 85 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Smuggling at Borders
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 85

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2018/AGRAHAYANA 20, 1940 (SAKA) SMUGGLING AT BORDERS

## 85. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of cases of smuggling detected at the borders of the country during the last three years;

- (b) the value and types of items seized in the said cases;
- (c) the number of persons arrested for smuggling at the said borders;
- (d)  whether  cross-border  smuggling  is  going  on  even  after  deployment  of jawans at the border; and

(e) if so, the r

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)  to  (c):  The  number  of  cases  of  smuggling  detected  at  the  borders  of  the country alongwith value of the items seized and number of persons arrested during  the  last  three  years  are  given  at  Annexure.    The  types  of  smuggled goods seized are arms, ammunition, drugs, wild life products, narcotics, FICN, Indian currency, other currency, prohibited items, forest product, cattles, gold, silver, antique idols, eatable, electronics, explosive, medicine, garments etc. (d)&(e):  To  stop  Cross-Border  smuggling,  the  Government  has  adopted  a multipronged  approach.    The  arrangements  include  deployment  of  Border Guarding Forces (BGF), construction of border fence, construction of border

## LS.US.Q.NO.85 FOR 11.12.2018

roads,  installation  of  floodlights,  construction  of  Border  Out  Posts  (BOPs), introduction of Hi-tech surveillance equipments, providing advanced weapons and  Specialized  Vehicles  to  Security  Forces,  action  based  on  intelligence inputs etc.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 85 FOR ANSWER ON 11.12.2018

## Number of cases of smuggling, value of seized items and number of persons arrested in smuggling

| Border                 | 2015         |                      |                        | 2016         |                      |                        | 2017         | 2017                 | 2017                   | 2018         | 2018                 | 2018                   |
|------------------------|--------------|----------------------|------------------------|--------------|----------------------|------------------------|--------------|----------------------|------------------------|--------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|                        | No. of Cases | Value (Rs. in crore) | No of persons arrested | No. of Cases | Value (Rs. in crore) | No of persons arrested | No. of Cases | Value (Rs. in crore) | No of persons arrested | No. of Cases | Value (Rs. in crore) | No of persons arrested |
| Indo-Bangladesh Border | 27789        | 246.89               | 2222                   | 30485        | 190.20               | 2256                   | 26176        | 224.88               | 1591                   | 17690        | 126.76               | 1107                   |
| Indo-Pakistan Border   | 131          | 1742.69              | 69                     | 152          | 1215.20              | 161                    | 201          | 1417.55              | 130                    | 150          | 960.59               | 92                     |
| Indo-Nepal Border      | 5065         | 225.78               | 3583                   | 5451         | 306.82               | 4780                   | 7135         | 720                  | 6604                   | 5657         | 249.48               | 5254                   |
| Indo-Bhutan Border     | 5065         | 225.78               | 3583                   | 5451         | 306.82               | 4780                   | 7135         | 720                  | 6604                   | 5657         | 249.48               | 5254                   |
| Indo-Myanmar Border    | 105*         | 2.95**               | 158*                   | 79*          | 3.31**               | 122*                   | 129*         | 9.36**               | 238*                   | 127*         | 138.50**             | 156*                   |
| Indo-China Border      | 0            | 0                    | 0                      | 0            | 0                    | 0                      | 0            | 0                    | 0                      | 0            | 0                    | 0                      |
| Total                  | 33090        | 2218.31              | 6032                   | 36167        | 1715.53              | 7319                   | 33641        | 2371.79              | 8563                   | 23624        | 1475.33              | 6609                   |

* The figures are for smuggling of drugs, arms, wild life products.

- ** The figure is only for smuggling of drugs.