Kolkata, Jan 24 (PTI) BSF jawans foiled a smuggling attempt along the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district by seizing 13.5 kg of silver ornaments and detaining a person, a statement issued by the paramilitary force said on Friday..

On midnight of January 23, BSF jawans intercepted a car for routine checking at the Hakimpur check post and found a brown packet carefully hidden under the driver's seat, it said.

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The jawans opened the packet and found silver ornaments worth Rs 10.16 lakh.

During interrogation, the man revealed that he was carrying these ornaments to smuggle them to Bangladesh.

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He was handed over to the concerned department for further legal action and the car was impounded, the statement added.

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