West Bengal: Gold biscuits worth Rs 12 crore seized, 3 held
SILIGURI: A joint team of Darjeeling police and excise department arrested three persons with 130 gold biscuits at Chekurmai under Kharibari block on Bengal-Bihar border on Monday.
The haul, weighing over 21kg, is estimated to be worth more than Rs 12 crore.
The accused have been identified as Mumbai residents Shashikant Sankpal (29) and Anil Gumadi (40), and their Siliguri-based car driver Md Afroh. The three will be produced in court on Tuesday.
Darjeeling SP Santosh Nimbalkar said the arrest was made during a “normal nakabandi” on Bengal-Bihar border. “The gold biscuits precisely weigh 21.57kg. Each gold biscuit weighs around 166gm. The accused wi be produced in Siliguri court. Five mobile phones and some cash and documents have also been seized,” he added.
Sources in police said the biscuits had been smuggled into India through the Indo-Myanmarese border and were being taken to Bihar from Assam. The accused had booked a car from Siliguri to Chhapra.
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