Question : SMUGGLING AT INTERNATIONAL BORDERS

(a) whether there are reports of smuggling of fake currency, drugs and weapons etc. from across the border in the country;

(b) if so, the details of such cases reported and persons arrested along with the items seized during each of the last three years and the current year, border-wise;

(c) the details of the action taken thereon; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to check smuggling at the borders?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)

(a) & (b) Border-wise details of cases of smuggling of fake currency, drugs and weapons along the international borders of the country during the last three years and the current year and the number of persons arrested along with the items seized, are as under:-

Indo-Bangladesh Border
Year	Arms	Fake Indian	Narcotics	Persons Arrested &	(In Nos.)	Currency Notes	(In Kg)	item description	(In Rs.)
2010	70	3226900	9292	40(Arms), 55(FICN),	111(Narcotics)
2011	45	4486300	8598	29(Arms), 55(FICN),	56(Narcotics)
2012	38	6609900	3161	29(Arms), 88(FICN),	73(Narcotics)
2013(Till Feb)	08	1271500	728	6(Arms), 6(FICN),	1 (Narcotics)

Indo-Pakistan Border
Year	Arms	Fake Indian	Narcotics	Persons Arrested&	(In Nos.)	Currency Notes	(In Kg)	item description	(In Rs.)
2010	17	13783500	146	3(Arms), 1(FICN),	1(Narcotics)
2011	15	4445500	75	3(Arms), 3(FICN),	7(Narcotics)
2012	23	6041500	321	1(Arms), 2(FICN),	15(Narcotics)
2013	01	2136500	40	1(Arms),
(Till Feb)	1 (Narcotics)

Indo-Myanmar Border
Year	Arms	Fake Indian	Narcotics	Persons Arrested &	(In Nos.)	Currency Notes	(In Kg)	item description	(In Rs.)
2010	190	11900	25352.61	63(Arms), 2(FICN),	71(Narcotics)
2011	140	7000	11137.42	413(Arms), 3(FICN),	54(Narcotics)
2012	213	158000	5575.68	163(Arms), 5(FICN),	51(Narcotics)
2013	88	13200	328.68	29(Arms), 4(FICN),
(Till Feb)	9(Narcotics)

Indo-Nepal Border
Year	Arms	Fake Indian	Narcotics	Persons Arrested &	(In Nos.)	Currency Notes	(Rs. In Cr)	item description	(In Rs.)
2010	25	592000	63.2	20(Arms), 11(FICN),	165(Narcotics)
2011	06	74000	46.84	3(Arms), 1(FICN),	162(Narcotics)
2012	17	149000	27.74	14(Arms), 5(FICN),	118(Narcotics)
2013	06	5000	13.44	1(Arms), 1(FICN),
(Till Feb)	34(Narcotics)

Indo-Bhutan Border
Year	Arms	Fake Indian	Narcotics	Persons Arrested &	(In Nos.)	Currency Notes	(Rs. In Cr)	item description	(In Rs.)
2010	11	6000	0.87	4(Arms), 1(FICN),	6(Narcotics)
2011	10	313000	0.25	8(Arms), 3(FICN),	9(Narcotics)
2012	08	Nil	0.30	1(Arms), 3(Narcotics)
2013	08	Nil	0.015	3(Arms)
(Till Feb)

Indo-China Border
Year	Arms	Fake Indian	Narcotics	Persons Arrested &	(In Nos.)	Currency Notes	(Rs. In Cr)	item description	(In Rs.)
2010	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2011	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2012	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2013	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
(Till Feb)