North 24 Parganas: Alert Border Security Force (BSF) troops under South Bengal Frontier seized 40 gold biscuits, which the smugglers were trying to smuggle from Bangladesh to India from North 24 Parganas district area. The total weight of the seized gold biscuits is 4.6 kg (4665.42 grams) whose estimated cost is Rs 2,42,36,856, said the BSF in a statement.

The BSF said that on Thursday at around 0745 hrs, the troops of the Border Out Post Dobarpara, 158 Battalion, Sector Kolkata, noticed the movements of a suspect during duty. The jawan challenged him to stop. Seeing the BSF Jawan, the smuggler threw his bag and iron dagger and fled towards Bangladesh taking the advantage of dense vegetation and the Ichhamati River. As soon as the smuggler’s bag was opened, 40 gold biscuits were recovered from it.

South Bengal Frontier Public Relations Officer and DIG Surjeet Singh Guleria said the BSF is taking strict steps to stop smuggling along the Indo-Bangladesh border. Due to which the people involved in such crimes are facing a lot of difficulties. Smugglers having wrong intentions will not be spared, he said.

Guleria added that the BSF troops are being given proper training in every modus operandi of the smugglers so that the smugglers’ trap can be broken. BSF Intelligence is constantly engaged in gathering information about which syndicate gang is behind this seized gold biscuits. /BI/