Overview

• Jawans of the BSF’s 59 Battalion at Jeetpur outpost intercepted a man on a bicycle near North 24 Parganas district on June 25.
• Officers discovered an unusual bulge in the bicycle’s rear tyre and recovered 20 gold biscuits hidden inside.
• The seized gold weighed 2.367 kg and had an estimated market value of over ₹2.31 crore.
• The smuggler managed to flee during the operation and the recovered gold has been handed over to the relevant authorities.
• Two days earlier, BSF jawans at Laxmipur outpost confiscated nearly ₹2.43 crore worth of gold, reflecting intensified anti-smuggling efforts.