Gold biscuits valued at Rs 2.53 crore seized in Darjeeling

KOLKATA: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence sleuths seized 50 smuggled gold biscuits with a market value of about Rs 2.53 crore from West Bengal’s Darjeeling district in two different cases, an official said on Wednesday. Two persons were arrested in this connection. “On specific intelligence, two persons were intercepted on Tuesday from two different buses near Bidhan Nagar, Darjeeling district, on their way from Indo-Bangladesh border. 50 pieces of foreign marked gold biscuits cumulatively weighing 5.83 kg and having a market value of about Rs 2.53 crore were seized from the duo,” the DRI official said. (IANS)

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