NAGAON: Shankar Dutta, a notorious drug peddler was arrested during a joint raid in Vivek Express at Lumding Railway Station by Lumding Railway Security Force and Lumding GRP on Sunday night. The railway security personnel also recovered 430 grams of suspected narcotics substance like heroine from the possession of the arrested drug peddler, sources said.
The worth of the recovered narcotics in the market would be more than Rs 80 lakh. The railway security personnel also arrested 8 thieves who were allegedly involved in stealing cash or other belongings of the passengers of various running trains. The security personnel also recovered cash, 9 mobile handsets as well as some stolen items from their possession.
According to sources, the arrested thieves have been identified as Dilwar Hussain, Ashad Ali, Masuk Hussain, Newton Das, Murshid Ali, Bipul Das and Anowar Hussain. They all hail from Nagaon and Dimapur.
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