Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have arrested a smuggler and seized six gold biscuits from his possession along the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Nadia district.

The weight of the seized gold is 719.2 grams and it is valued at around Rs 80.55 lakh, a senior official said.

The BSF has been successful in thwarting several gold smuggling attempts over the last few weeks. Several smugglers have been arrested and gold valued at crores seized.

“Troops of the 32 Bn BSF, under the South Bengal Frontier, from the Banpur Border Outpost had received reliable intelligence inputs of an attempt to smuggle gold from Bangladesh. A strategy was worked out and two groups of jawans took cover in the dense mango and banana orchards close to the border fence,” the

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