BSF arrests smuggler with 8.5 kg silver ornaments along Indo-Bangladesh border
The Statesman | 30 December 2024
The Border Security Force (BSF) claims to have arrested a cross-border smuggler in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal on Saturday with silver ornaments weighing 8.5 kg. He was planning to smuggle the ornaments, valued at nearly Rs 6,17,004, to Bangladesh.
Another senior BSF official said that while gold is smuggled from Bangladesh to India, silver – particularly ornaments – is illegally sent from India to the neighbouring country. There is high demand for Indian-made silver ornaments in Bangladesh, and smugglers take advantage, he said.