October 31, 2022: Assam Police seized over four dozen cattle from the clutches of smugglers in Assam's Nagaon district. In three separate operations at three locations, Nagaon Police recovered 50 cattle - 4, 23, and 23 - respectively.

On Thursday morning at about 4.45 am, police raided cattle smugglers at Borpeta NLG Brickfield, intercepted one container truck, and recovered 23 cattle. "Acting on source information on 27.10.2022 at around 2 am, SI Pawan Kalita, O/C, Samaguri PS, and staff detained one 12 wheeler truck bearing Reg. No. AS 01 FC 7912 along with a Tata DI vehicle bearing Reg. No. AS 02 E 7302 at Baziagaon," Nagaon Police tweeted.

However, the cattle smugglers managed to flee on both occasions. In the latest incident, the district detained one Saiful Islam for smuggling 4 cattle heads, a separate tweet by Nagaon Police said.

Illegal cattle trade is rampant in the state and Assam Police has been going hard against cattle smugglers and it heightened its vigilance mechanism.