KOLKATA: The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a gold smuggling attempt along the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district on Thursday by arresting a smuggler with a bar weighing 579 grams.
The gold is valued at Rs 76.50 lakh. The BSF has made several such seizures worth crores along the IBB in West Bengal over the last few weeks.
Thursday's operation involved troops of the 143 Bn BSF, South Bengal Frontier, deployed at the Hakimpur Border Outpost (BOP).