Contraband items worth more than Rs 41 L seized by Railway Protection Force (RPF)

GUWAHATI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway is continuing its drive against transhipment of contraband items through railways.

During the period from November 26 to November 30 last, RPF of NF Railway conducted drives against carrying of contraband items at the Agartala, Dharmanagar, New Bongaigaon, Katihar and New Tinsukia railway stations, trains and has recovered contraband goods around Rs 41.9 lakh. During the drives the RPF recovered a total of 110 packets of ganja weighing about 224 kg, valued around Rs 21.9 lakh, and also recovered 24 soap cases of brown sugar weighing about 312.67 gram, valued around Rs 20 lakh. Six persons were apprehended in this connection. The apprehended persons along with seized items were later handed over to the respective OC/GRP or local police station for further course of action, informed a press release.

In an incident on November 26, an RPF team of Agartala and GRP/Agartala conducted a drive at the Agartala Railway Station on the basis of credible information. In course of the drive, they detected a suspicious person with two bags. On opening the bags, they found nine packets of ganja. The ganja weighed around 22 kg, with a value of about Rs 2.20 lakh. Later, the apprehended person along with the recovered ganja was handed over to GRP of Agartala for further course of action.

In another incident on November 30, a joint team of RPF, New Tinsukia and local police conducted a drive at the New Tinsukia Railway Station in train No 15901(Lumding-Tinsukia Express). During the drive, the team recovered 24soap cases of brown sugar from five persons, including three women. The seized brown sugar was worth approximately Rs 20 lakh and weighed around 312.67 gram. The apprehended persons with the seized items were taken into custody by local police of Tinsukia for further course of action.

It may be mentioned that the RPF of NF Railway is constantly on vigil towards activities related to smuggling and transportation of contraband items at various railway stations and trains so as to make the nation free from drugs.

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