Siraha, March 27:

A patrolling team of the Armed Police Force personnel last evening seized goods worth Rs one lakh that were being smuggled from India in different areas of Siraha, police said.

The Madar-based APF Base Camp said patrolling police team seized different goods from Sukhachaina VDC. All the seized goods were handed over to the District Customs Office, said inspector Shankar Pokharel of the Base Camp.

Smuggling of goods has been controlled after the mobilisation of police patrolling teams, locals said. “The revenue collected by the District Customs Office on Monday was the highest in the past two months,” said acting chief of the Customs Office, Bhim Timilsina.