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BSF seizes gold biscuits
International | IANS | Published :Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Worth close to Rs 2 crore gold biscuits the Border Security Force (BSF) seized from a smuggler at Hakimpur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday.
Acting on a tip, BSF personnel laid an ambush near Sonai river and saw a person trying to cross it from Bangladesh around 1 p.m. According to a BSF statement, the suspect was clutching a rope, one end of which was tied on the Indian side.
On being confronted, the miscreant escaped but left behind a white plastic bag which contained 60 gold biscuits weighing about seven kg. The BSF's South Bengal Frontier unit has seized 27 kg of gold valued at over Rs 8 crore and caught nine smugglers this year.
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