Northeast frontier railway recovers 28 Kgs Ganja, apprehends two individuals

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 4 (ANI): The Railway Police Force (RPF) team of Agartala on July 30 apprehended two persons and recovered 28 kgs Ganja worth Rs. 2.80 Lakh (approx.)

Later, the apprehended persons along with the recovered Ganja were handed over to Government Railway Police in Agartala for necessary legal action.

In another case RPF team of Lumding while escorting in train no. 12424 UP (Rajdhani Express) apprehended three persons from the train and recovered 110 grams Brown Sugar worth Rs. 22 lakhs (approx.) on July 2, 2024.

The apprehended individuals and the recovered items were subsequently handed over to the Officer-in-Charge of the Government Railway Police in Mariani for further necessary legal action.

Notably, From January to July, 2024, the RPF of NFR (Northeast Frontier railway) managed to recover contraband and smuggled goods worth more than Rs. 19.70 crore and also managed to apprehend 261 persons for alleged involvement in the transportation of contraband/smuggled goods, stated an official Press release of the Indian railways.

Last year during January – December, 2023, RPF of NFR recovered contraband and smuggled goods worth more than Rs. 25.43 crore and apprehended 392 persons for involvement in smuggling of contraband goods, the release stated.

Several steps are taken by RPF of N. F. Railway on regular basis to make the Railways free from being utilised by the drug traffickers. Frequents drives are being conducted by RPF teams at different level in all the suspected trains and passenger areas.