Kolkata, Oct 22 : Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Sunday arrested two Bangladeshi citizens at Benapole-Petrapole border at Bangaon in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal with smuggled gold bars and gold biscuits.

The market price of the smuggled gold seized is estimated around Rs 1.23 crore, confirmed an official of BSF’s eastern command.

It is learnt that a vehicle of an international bus service agency plying between Kolkata and Dhaka was stopped at the Benapole-Petrapole border for mandatory checking near the check-post at the Benapole-Petrapole border at Bangaon.