Kolkata: Four arrested with Rs 6.2 crore smuggled gold

KOLKATA: Cops arrested four persons and recovered around 11kg gold, worth Rs 6.2 crore, from a car on Belgharia Expressway on the northern fringes of the city around 4.30am on Friday.
A patrolling team from Belgharia police station spotted the car parked on the Dakshineswar-bound flank of the expressway at Prafulla Nagar. "The four were sitting inside the car. Cops questioned them and found several inconsistencies in their statements. During a search cops found the gold hidden in the car," said Ajoy Prasad, DCP, south zone, Barrackpore Commissionerate. The accused confessed during interrogation that they had smuggled the gold from Bangladesh.
The four who were produced in Barrackpore court on Friday have been remanded in police custody for five days.