The Sahadevkhunta police in Baleswar district on Sunday evening arrested a Bangladeshi for allegedly smuggling brown sugar near the Baleswar jail.
Cops apprehended him at around 8 pm when he was smuggling the contraband near the jail gate.
The accused was identified as Sheikh Babu Khan. Brown sugar weighing 40.05 grams worth around Rs 40 lakh and cash of Rs 24,000 were seized from his possession.
Notably, Khan had earlier been arrested in a theft case in 2007 and completed a jail term of 13 years. After his release, he was residing at the Baleswar jail barrack under police custody as he lacked required documents for returning to Bangladesh.
Earlier, Khan and five others of Faridpur district of Bangladesh sneaked into India through the Bangaldesh border in 2007. After arriving in Baleswar they were residing in a rented house posinga hawkers; But they were carrying out recce of the houses and later they used to commit dacoity. After committing a series of crimes they were caught by police.
All six of them were lodged in Baleswar jail following they were sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by a local court. Later, Khan and another convict was caught by prison staffs when they were trying to scale the wall attempting to flee from custody. Then, he was shifted to the Choudwar jail. But after completion of the jail term, he was brought into the custody of Baleswar police.