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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India]March 19 (ANI): The Border Safety Power (BSF) caught a Bangladeshi smuggler and seized 40 gold biscuits worth Rs 2.78 crore, which have been hidden underneath fish bins in a truck.
The jawans of ICP Petrapole nabbed the smuggler posing as a truck driver at round 6.30 pm on Friday night.
Police mentioned that the load of the seized gold is about 4,667 grams and its worth is Rs 2.78 crore.
The jawans had obtained some inputs a few truck driver smuggling gold from Bangladesh by means of ICP Petrapole. On the directions of BSF officers, a search workforce of jawans was instantly shaped.
The search workforce intercepted a truck, which was transporting fish from Bangladesh to India. On looking out the truck, a complete of 40 gold biscuits have been recovered from underneath the fish field.
The jawans instantly nabbed the truck driver together with the truck. He was delivered to BSF camp for additional questioning.
The apprehended smuggler has been recognized as Sushankar Das, a resident of Satkhira district of Bangladesh.
Throughout interrogation, the truck driver disclosed that he was driving the truck for 15 years. He informed that the truck proprietor Safikul Islam, a resident of Satkhira, had loaded the fish within the truck from Royce Worldwide Satkhira. Police mentioned that after this the fishes have been to be handed over to Baba Worldwide, Kolkata on arrival in India.
The apprehended smuggler was handed over to the Customs Workplace Petrapole Tentulia together with the gold biscuits and the truck.
Speaking to the media, the Public Relations Officer of South Bengal Frontier mentioned that smugglers attempt to smuggle in several methods, however as a result of vigilance and understanding of BSF jawans, smugglers are being caught constantly and their plans are being thwarted. Is.
“BSF urges folks dwelling on the border to report any info associated to gold smuggling to BSF’s Seema Saathi helpline quantity, 14419. Moreover, the South Bengal Frontier has issued one other quantity, 9903472227, on which WhatsApp or voice messages associated to gold smuggling will be made. despatched. Those that present concrete info will get appropriate reward cash and their id might be stored strictly confidential, the official mentioned. (ANI)
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