The BSF seized over 7kg of silver ornaments from the Bangladesh border near Kaliachak on Sunday night while a group of people was about to smuggle the jewellery into the neighbouring country.
The smugglers left behind the bag containing 249 pieces of jewelleries and escaped when the 44 Battalion of the BSF tried to intercept them.
After receiving a tip-off, the BSF was keeping vigil along the frontier in the Chowki-Alipur area.
The 249 pieces of jewelleries weigh 7.13kg and cost Rs 5.16 lakh. According to BSF sources, it is rare that jewelleries are smuggled into Bangladesh through the Malda border.
Arms seizure
Police seized two firearms and 10 rounds of live cartridges from Uttar Narayanpur village in the South Dinajpur district on Sunday night.
The raid was conducted after two groups of Trinamul supporters had clashed at the village on January 19.
Two party workers had died in the clash.
Debarshi Dutta, the district police chief, told newspersons at Balurghat on Monday that the law enforcers were in search of illegal firearms as Sanjit Sarkar, one of the deceased, had died from gunshot.
A carbine and nine rounds of cartridge were seized from the house of Alok Das, the brother of Suman Das who is accused of shooting Sanjit.
A pipe-gun and one round of live cartridge were seized from the house of Nanigopal Roy, another resident of the village. Roy has been arrested.
Additional reporting by Kousik Sen in Raiganj
