Kolkata July 30 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday seized 16 gold biscuits valued at Rs 52.30 lakh from West Bengal s North 24 Parganas district a BSF officer said.
Acting on a tip-off BSF troopers from Nadia district s Krishnanagar outpost set a vigil at Bansghata village and conducted a check on a group of farmers at the border area and recovered the smuggled gold biscuits at around 9.30 a.m.
"Two farmers -- Ganesh Mondal and Saurav Mondal -- fled during the checking leaving behind a tiffin box. Sixteen gold biscuits weighing 1.69 kg were found in the tiffin box " Rabi Ranjan the spokesperson for BSF s South Bengal Frontier said in a release.
"The seized gold biscuits have been handed over to the customs authority in Bagdah in North 24 Parganas district for further legal action " he said.
The South Bengal Frontier of the BSF has seized 12.45 kgs of gold worth Rs 3.9 crore and apprehended five smugglers so far in 2018.

--IANS mgr/pgh/nir