August 13, 2026 04:35 am (IST)
Kolkata: 11 kg gold worth Rs.3.5 crore recovered from Sealdah station, 3 held
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): Police on Sunday night arrested three gold traffickers from Kolkata's Sealdah railway station and seized 11 kg gold biscuits from their possession, reports said.
According to reports, acting on a tip-off, police booked three suspected residents of Uttar Pradesh, when they were boarding Delhi- bound Duranta express, and recovered at least 70 gold biscuits from their possession.
The estimated market price of the gold biscuits is nearly 3.5 crore rupees, an official said.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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