Kolkata June 1 (IANS) Border Security Force personnel on Friday seized gold biscuits worth Rs 44 lakh being smuggled to Bangladesh from West Bengal s North 24 Parganas district a BSF official said.
Acting on a tip off BSF troopers were on vigil in North 24 Parganas district s Bongaon railway station where they challenged a suspect who managed to flee from the spot leaving behind his luggage.
"Twelve gold biscuits weighing around 1.3 kgs worth Rs 44.15 lakhswere seized from the smuggler s luggage. The seized gold was handed over to the Custom Department at Petrapole border outpost for further legal action " Prabhat Kumar Singh Deputy Commandant of BSF s South Bengal frontier said in a release.
The BSF has seized gold worth Rs 2.43 crore and arrested two gold smugglers so far in 2018.

--IANS mgr/vd