WB: BSP apprehends smugglers from Bangladesh
"Troops of BOP Sutia of 26 Bn BSF yesterday received a specific input regarding smuggling of gold from Bangladesh to India in the bordering area of district North 24 Parganas," the BSF said in a statement.
At about 4.50 PM on Wednesday, troops of BOP Sutia planned a special operation and intercepted one suspected person from village Sutia, namely Mrinmoy Biswas (28yrs) who was coming from the border area.
While carrying out the search operations, troops of BSF recovered 30 gold biscuits approx weighed 3.5 Kg of approximate value of Rs. 1 crore.
Seized gold was handed over to custom office, Bongaon in West Bengal and the apprehended person was handed over to police station Bongaon.
On Thursday morning, troops of BOP Gopalganj along with Police from PS Gopalganj, district Malda, planned a special operation and intercepted one suspect namely Prosenit Mandal (20yrs).
Troops of BSF recovered one iron made improvised country-pistol along with three live rounds. Seized pistol and the apprehended person was handed over to police station Kaliachak.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.