$30,000 seized by BSF in Bengal

Kolkata Feb 22 (IANS) Border Security Force personnel on Thursday seized foreign currency worth $30 000 from West Bengal s Krishnanagar sector but failed to arrest the smuggler a BSF official said.

Acting on a tip off about smuggling of foreign currency in the area BSF troopers from Vijaypur outpost laid an ambush along the India-Bangladesh border and challenged a motorcyclist on Thursday morning.

"BSF tried to stop the motorcycle rider but he ran away towards the Indian side of the fence leaving behind his two wheeler and a few packets.

"On thorough search the troopers recovered two packets of foreign currency worth $30 000 (Rs. 19.5 lakh) from the area " Deputy Inspector General of BSF s south Bengal frontier RPS Jaswal said in a statement.

"The seized currency and the motorcycle have been handed over to the customs officials in Banpur for further legal action " he added.

--IANS
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