Guwahati: The Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway’s Railway Protection Force (RPF) has continued its campaign against the transshipment of contraband items via railways.
The RPF of NF Railway conducted drives against carrying illegal items between November 26 and November 30 at the Assam and Tripura railway stations of Agartala, Dharmanagar, New Bongaigaon, Katihar, and New Tinsukia.
After the drives, contraband goods worth Rs 41.9 lakh were found.
The Northeast Frontier Railway RPF recovered a total of 110 packets of marijuana during the operations, weighing 224 kg or so and being worth about Rs 21.9 lakh.
During the drives, 24 soap cases of brown sugar were also found, each weighing roughly 312.67 grammes and costing about Rs 20 lakh.
Six people have been arrested in relation to the recovery and seizure.
The people who had been arrested and the materials that had been seized were later given to the appropriate OC/GRP or local police station for further action.
The NF railway stated in a statement, “In an incident on 26th November, 2022, RPF team of Agartala and GRP/Agartala conducted a drive at Agartala railway station acting over information. In course of drive, they detected a suspicious person with two bags. On opening the bags, they found 09 packets of Ganja. The Ganja weighed around 22 Kgs approximately and valued near about Rs. 2.20 lacs were seized. 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 30th November, 2022, a joint team of RPF/New Tinsukia & local police of Tinsukia conducted a drive at New Tinsukia railway station in train no. 15901 (Lumding – Tinsukia Express). During the drive, the team recovered 24 soap cases of Brown Sugar from five persons including three ladies. The seized Brown Sugar was worth approximately Rs 20 lacs and weighed around 312.67 grams. The apprehended persons with the seized items were taken into custody by local police of Tinsukia for further course of action,” the NF Railway added.