The Border Security Force (BSF) thwarted a big attempt of smuggling of gold along the India-Bangladesh border areas in the state of West Bengal.
The vigilant security forces on Tuesday nabbed a smuggler with a huge cache of smuggled gold worth around Rs 14 crore. The incident took place in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, when the smuggler was trying to bring the gold from Bangladesh.
The weight of the seized gold was found to be around 23 kg. Further legal action in the matter is being taken.
The official said, “On the evening of September 18th, at around 6.50 pm, the troops of Border Outpost Ranghat received concrete information that a huge smuggling of gold is going to happen through van turn located in their area.”
Source: republic world
