The seizures included 5.9kg near the India-Bangladesh border and 1.71kg from a train passenger in Patna.

India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in coordination with the Border Security Force (BSF), has seized around 12kg of foreign-origin gold worth about Rs17 crore in a series of raids across India-Bangladesh border areas.

In West Bengal, BSF personnel recovered 27 pieces of foreign-origin gold weighing around 3.15kg near the India-Bangladesh Border Road in the area under Gongra border outpost on 20–21 September. The DRI subsequently took over the proceedings and seized the gold under the Customs Act, 1962.

In another operation on 21 September, BSF personnel at Mahakhola border outpost recovered 10 pieces of 24-carat foreign-origin gold weighing around 1.16kg. The gold had been concealed near a hand pump in Hathkhola village, ahead of the India-Bangladesh border fence. The DRI subsequently seized the gold under Section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962.