BSF seizes gold biscuits worth Rs 40 lakh

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have seized 11 gold biscuits worth over Rs 40 lakh near the Indo-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a BSF release said on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off about smuggling of the yellow metal, the BSF intensified vigil at the Bansghata border outpost and spotted a man coming suspiciously from the Bangladesh side.

He hid himself in the bushes on the Bangladesh side. Later, troops of the nearby border outpost Mustafapur saw the man coming out from the bushes and stealthily approaching the Indo-Bangladesh Border Fence (IBBF).

He threw a packet over the fence into the Indian side and fled back to the Bangladesh territory taking advantage of darkness.

The troopers later recovered the packet wrapped with white scotch tape. On opening the packet, 11 gold biscuits weighing approximately 1.310 kg with a market value of Rs 40.14 lakh were found.

The seized gold biscuits had been handed over to the customs office Bagdah for further disposal, the release added.

So far this year, the BSF South Bengal Frontier has seized 35.418 kg gold worth around Rs 10.26 crore and apprehended 11 gold smugglers.

--IANS

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