The Border Security Force’s (BSF) Meghalaya Frontier, in two separate operations along the India-Bangladesh border, intercepted and apprehended five Bangladeshi nationals attempting to illegally enter India, officials said on Sunday.

According to an official press release, on Saturday, as part of BSF Meghalaya’s continued efforts to curb illegal infiltration and other cross-border crimes, the personnel acted on specific intelligence inputs and successfully intercepted five individuals attempting to cross the international border unlawfully and detained them, news agency ANI reported.