Overview
- BSF 32 Battalion at Horandipur Border Outpost acted on credible intelligence about gold smuggling from Bangladesh.
- Around 6 a.m., personnel observed a suspicious man moving behind a dense bamboo grove and detained him.
- During a frisk, officers recovered a plastic packet containing 20 gold biscuits valued at about Rs 2.82 crore.
- The suspect, identified as an Indian national from Muslimpara village near the border, was taken to the BOP for questioning.
- The seized gold and the apprehended individual were handed over to local authorities for further legal proceedings.