Dimapur, Oct. 1 (EMN): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in its endeavour to fight against transportation of contraband goods in trains recovered contraband worth more than INR 1.72 crore and apprehended one person.
An update from the NFR issued on Oct. 1 informed that the contraband items specifically consisted of ganja and brown sugar that were recovered from unclaimed bags during regular checks and drives at various stations and trains over NFR from Sep. 27 till the 29th.
On Sep. 27, the RPF team of Guwahati conducted a drive at Guwahati Railway Station and seized an unclaimed trunk from a coach and recovered12 kgs of ganja valued about INR 1.2 lakh. The recovered bag was later handed over to OC/GRP/Guwahati for further course of action.
In another incident on the same day RPF team of Kamakhya while checking at Kamakhya Railway Station recovered a backpack containing about 31 kgs of ganjaworth INR 3.19 lakh which were handed over to Narcotics Control Bureau/Guwahati for further course of action.
In yet another incident on Sep. 29, acting on information, the RPF team of Lumdingand Tinsukia conducted a search in a train at Lumding Railway Station. During the search a suspected person was found with and recovered a bag 421.86 grams of brown sugar valued about INR 1.68 crore. The recovered brown sugar along with the apprehended person was later handed over to OC/GRP/Lumding for further course of action.
The RPF of NFR towards their objective of a drug free country are said to be constantly vigil towards activities related to smuggling and transportation of contraband items at various railway stations and trains.
