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BSF nabs 2 smugglers, seizes gold biscuits valued at Rs 1.5cr

Darpan News Desk IANS, 03 Mar, 2023 12:44 PM
  • BSF nabs 2 smugglers, seizes gold biscuits valued at Rs 1.5cr

Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Friday apprehended two cross-border smugglers and seized 2.56 kg gold biscuits valued at Rs 1.5 crore from them.

The smugglers were nabbed at the Haridaspur-Jayantipur border at Bongaon sub-division in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

A source said that the patrolling team of the BSF tracked the two arrested individuals whose movements looked suspicious.

When the patrolling team questioned them about their whereabouts, they gave "irrelevant and inconsistent answers", and suddenly tried to escape.

However, the BSF personnel quickly nabbed them.

The arrested persons have been identified as Zahir Hossain Mollah and Giasuddin Mondal. Both are residents of North 24 Parganas district.

During questioning, they admitted that they crossed the border to Bangladesh to get the gold biscuits from one Karim Mondal -- a resident of Jessore district there.

They were supposed to smuggle those gold biscuits from Bangladesh to India and hand them over to one Raju Biswas, who is also a resident of North 24 Parganas district.

The arrested duo were supposed to get Rs 20,000 each for carrying out the assignment.

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