Guwahati: Security forces recovered a massive amount of ganja at Lumding Railway Station in Hojai district of Assam on Saturday evening.
Lumding RPF, CID, SCORT team from Guwahati carried a joint operation in Southbound Agartala-Deogarh Express from AC compartment.
During the operation, cannabis weighed 1 quintal and 17 kg have been seized.
Moreover, eight peddlers have been arrested in connection to the seizure.
The arrestees have been identified as Sajid Ansari, MD Farhan, Mohammad Rizwan Ansari, Mohammad Nazir Ansari, Mohammad Irshad Ansari, Mohammad Satu Ansari, Ajgar and Mohammad Azam.
It is learned that the peddlers were planning to smuggle the seized cannabis to from Agartala to Bihar.
The estimated market value of the seized cannabis is suspected to be Rs. 12 lakhs.