Sizeable haul of contraband items by Northeast Frontier Railway

GUWAHATI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway recovered smuggled and contraband goods worth about Rs 12 crore between January 1 last year and February 2, informed a press release.

The smuggled/contrabands goods were recovered during regular checks in trains and stations under the NF Railway. The RPF of NF Railway detected 389 cases of smuggled/contrabands goods and apprehended 111 persons involved in these cases during this period. In a recent such incident on February 4, an RPF team of Agartala conducted checking at Agartala Railway Station and recovered three packets of unclaimed ganja weighing about 3.5 kg, worth Rs 35,000. Later, the recovered ganja packets were handed over to the OC, GRP, Agartala for further action. On the same day, a CPDS team of Alipurduar under the supervision of Divisional Security Commissioner of Alipurduar division conducted checking in train No. 13174 DN (Kanchanjunga Express) at New Coochbehar Railway Station. During checking, the team recovered one unclaimed plastic handbag containing 22 bottles of liquor in a coach. The bottles were kept concealed under a berth of the train. Later, the recovered liquor, worth about Rs 1,740, was handed over to OC, GRPS, New Coochbehar for necessary action.

In an earlier incident on February 2, a CPDS team of Katihar conducted checking in train No. 05707 DN (Radhikapur-Katihar passenger special) and recovered 115 bottles of unclaimed liquor worth Rs 12,400. The recovered liquor was brought to the RPF post at Katihar (East) and handed over to the Excise Department, Katihar for disposal.

Again on that day, RPF and Meri Saheli team of Guwahati conducted joint checking in train No. 15909 DN (Avadh-Assam Express) at the Guwahati Railway Station. During checking, they recovered 129 unclaimed bottles of liquor worth about Rs 35,220. Later, the recovered liquor was handed over to the Excise Department, Guwahati for disposal.

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