Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a passenger and seized 74 grams of suspected heroin from his possession during a routine checking operation at Guwahati Railway Station on Monday morning.
The recovery was made at around 8:10 am during an inspection of Train No. 01666 DN, the Agartala-Rani Kamalapati Special, when a GRP team intercepted a passenger found carrying suspicious packets.
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The accused was identified as Burhan Uddin, 35, son of Matahir Ali, and a resident of Badarpur in Sribhumi district of Assam. A search of his belongings led to the recovery of six packets containing suspected heroin — also referred to locally as brown sugar — with a combined weight of 74 grams.
The contraband was seized on the spot and legal proceedings have been initiated against the accused.