Muzaffarpur, Sep 15 (PTI) Six gold biscuits, smuggled from Myanmar and worth nearly Rs 50 lakh, were recovered from a person here who was travelling by train to Delhi for selling the metal to a jeweller, an RPF official said.

The accused, Mahesh Kumar, who claims to be a resident of West Bengal was caught on board the Awadh Assam Express with the gold biscuits, with a total weight of about one kg, hidden inside his socks.

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Mahesh told the team comprising RPF and customs officials that he has been involved in smuggling of gold, which he sold to buyers in various parts of the country for a 10 per cent cut.

He had boarded the train from Guwahati after fixing a deal in Delhi, said the RPF official.

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