Kolkata, Nov 26 || The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a Bangladeshi national with four gold biscuits, valued at Rs 36.56 lakh, during routine frisking at ICP Petrapole in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district on Tuesday.
In another operation in the same district, the BSF claims to have seized eight Air rifles and an air pistol that were allegedly being smuggled to Bangladesh. A large number of pellets and the barrel of an air rifle were also seized.
N K Pandey, DIG and spokesperson, South Bengal Frontier, BSF said that the troops of the 145 Bn BSF were on duty at ICP Petrapole.
“Around 7 am on Tuesday, as they were frisking people entering India from Bangladesh, a hand-held metal detector beeped when taken close to a man's body. However, nothing was found on him. The troops then took him to an enclosed area and carried out a thorough search. The four gold biscuits were hidden inside his rectum. The man was immediately taken into custody,” he said.