40 Gold Biscuits Worth Rs 2.5 Crore Found in West Bengal Pond

GG News Bureau

Kolkata, 7th March. The BSF recovered gold biscuits worth around 2.57 crore from a pond in the Kalyani border outpost area of West Bengal’s Nadia district on Monday.

A BSF team carried out a search operation to trace the gold based on specific information, officials said.

“40 gold biscuits were found in the pond. The market value of the seized gold is around ₹ 2.57 crore,” a BSF statement said.

A smuggler had jumped into the pond and hidden the gold thereupon being chased a few months ago, it said.

“When we had caught him, nothing was found from his possession. So, we released him. He had hidden the gold in the pond and was looking for an opportunity to recover it,” the statement said.

The BSF South Bengal Frontier seized more than 113 kg of gold in 2022, it added.