Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 21 (ANI): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway has recovered contraband goods worth more than Rs 23.50 crore during the period from January to August this year, officials said on Saturday.
The Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Northeast Frontier Railway said in a statement that during the period from January to August, the RPF of Northeast Frontier Railway has recovered contraband goods worth more than Rs 23.50 crore.
“During this period, RPF also apprehended 283 peddlers for illegal carrying of contraband goods,” the CPRO said in his statement.
In an incident on September 2, RPF and Government Railway Police (GRP) of Lumding jointly conducted checking in train no. 01666 (Agartala-Rani Kamalapati Express) Special at Lumding railway station.
“During checking, they apprehended four persons and recovered 19.7 grams of Brown Sugar worth Rs. 3.94 lakh (approx.) and 18.10 kgs of Ganja worth Rs. 1.81 lakh (approx.) from them. Later, the apprehended persons along with the recovered items were handed over to authorities for necessary legal action,” official said. (ANI)
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