Border Security Force (BSF) of India has seized 11 gold biscuits worth over Rs 4 million near the Indo-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
Acting on a tip-off about smuggling of the yellow metal, the BSF intensified vigil at the Bansghata border outpost and conducted the drive.
Troops of the nearby border outpost saw a man coming out from 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 in the dark.
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 4.14 million were found.
The seized gold biscuits had been handed over to the customs office Bagdah for further disposal, a BSF release said.
So far this year, the BSF South Bengal Frontier seized 35.418 kg gold worth around Rs 100.26 billion and apprehended 11 gold smugglers, said Times Now.
