PETRAPOLE: Guards on either side of a border checkpoint between India and Bangladesh scour vehicles and frisk passengers in a hunt for illicit consignments of gold and drugs, as well as food staples such as sugar, grain and even onions. “We caught smugglers in August who were transporting sugar concealed beneath a layer of sand […]

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