Guwahati: A total of 29 kg of cannabis (ganja) was seized by security forces from a train at Lumding railway station in Hojai district of Assam on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, Assam police in a joint operation with Government Railway Police launched an operation at Lumding railway station.
During the operation, officials recovered 28 packets of ganja weighing 29 kg from a train coming from Tripura’s capital Agartala.
Speaking about the seizure, Chandan Bora, Officer-in-Charge of Lumding police station said that police recovered the ganja from coach number S3 of Agartala-Deoghar express.
“Lumding police and Government Railway Police have jointly launched the operation. The market value of the seized ganja is estimated at around Rs 3 lakh. We have registered a case in connection with this,” the police official said.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Further investigation is underway.