Border Security Force (BSF), on Saturday, foiled yet another gold smuggling attempt near the India-Bangladesh border after it seized as many as 106 gold biscuits with an estimated market value of Rs 8.50 crore.
The smuggling attempt was foiled in a joint operation that was conducted by BSF, troops of Border Outpost 32 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier and the team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on September 2. Officials shared information about gold being hidden in a house in Vijaypur village, in West Bengal’s Nadia district.
Following the information, the joint team launched a search operation in Vijaypur village in which the team recovered two bags wrapped in cloth in a garbage heap from inside a house.
106 gold biscuits of different sizes were recovered with a total weight of 14.296 kg and an estimated value of Rs 8.50 crore.
In the operation, the team also arrested two smugglers, identified as Rabindra Nath Biswas and Vidhan Ghosh, from the village.
During questioning, both the arrested individuals informed the BSF and DRI that they had taken the gold biscuits from two Bangladeshi nationals, named Masood and Naseef.
