HOWRAH: A central intelligence officer was on Friday nabbed along with seven accomplices from outside Howrah station with 5kg of gold worth over Rs 1.5 crore in the market.Among those arrested were also two retired superintendents of customs.There was high drama outside the station when, working on a specific lead, a Howrah Police team led by deputy commissioner (detective department) Sumit Kumar intercepted an Innova around 6.30 am and foiled the abduction of Bijoy Tamang, a Siliguri resident. Tamang, who was carrying five gold bars of 1kg each, had just reached the city by Kamrup Express and was to hand over the consignment to a city businessman.The six men trying to kidnap Tamang in the Innova turned out to be assistant central intelligence officer (Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau Atanu Bikash Kanjilal (53), retired customs officials Anutosh Khasnobis (66) and Arabinda Das (63) and three of their accomplices. All six along with Tamang and the driver of the vehicle were taken into custody."Tamang was waiting outside the subway when three persons got down from the Innova, identified themselves as customs officials, and pushed him inside the vehicle. Just as the car was about to pull away, two police vehicles blocked its way and asked all passengers to get down," a senior police officer said.Kanjilal, Das and Khasnobis argued that they were from the customs department and put pressure on the cops to let them leave.