RPF, NFR seized Chinese made items

Maligaon, September 27 (MExN): Officials of Railway Protection Force, New Coochbehar under Alipurduar Division of the Northeast Frontier Railway recovered Chinese made mobile accessories valued at over Rs 2 lakhs on September 24.

A statement from NFR spokesperson Subhanan Chanda informed that altogether 820 numbers of mobile batteries and 640 numbers of mobile LCD displays were recovered. Value of seized Chinese items was to the tune of Rs 2, 15,200, it said.

The seized articles were handed over to Inspector of Customs, Dinhata in West Bengal along with proper seizure list and a case was registered in this connection. 

The RPF, NFR has detected more than 655 cases of smuggling of contraband goods with recovery of property worth Rs 17,93,72,180 and arrested 185 persons from the year 2017 to July 2020, the NFR release stated.