Maligaon, January 9 (MExN): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) recovered contraband and smuggled goods worth more than Rs 1 crore over the last few days.
The articles included 0.990 kg of heroin worth Rs 99 lakh recovered at New Jalpaiguri station and 21 kg of ganja worth Rs 2.10 lakh recovered at Agartala station, according to a press release from NFR Chief Public Relations Officer Guneet Kaur on Sunday.
In an incident on January 5, acting on information received from Central Intelligence Agency regarding presence of a drug trafficker at New Jalpaiguri railway station area and possibility of carrying the narcotic drugs by train, a joint team of RPF/Post/New Jalpaiguri and officials of the Agency, conducted vigorous checks at New Jalpaiguri railway station platforms. During the check at Platform No 2, they apprehended one person namely, Samsul Shaikh (25) with a black colour synthetic leather bag. On being questioned, he gave misleading reply, which created more doubt upon him. As such, he was brought to RPF Booth, New Jalpaiguri for further interrogation. On checking his leather bag, a packet of heroin, wrapped with cello tape, weighing 0.990 kgs was found, the release stated.
Along with the drugs, one Aadhaar card, one PAN card, one mobile and cash amounting to Rs 4,765 were also recovered. The recovered heroin was seized in presence of ASC/New Jalpaiguri and the person was taken into custody. Later, the arrested person along with the seized articles was handed over to OC, GRP, New Jalpaiguri for further course of action. Value of the recovered heroin is Rs 99 lakhs approximately, the release informed.
Meanwhile on January 6, RPF of Agartala conducted checking at Agartala railway station and recovered 2 unclaimed bags containing 4 packets of ganja, weighing about 21 kgs on platform 1. The recovered ganja packets were seized handed over to OC, GRP, Agartala for further necessary action. Value of the recovered Ganja is Rs 2.10 lakh approximately, the release stated.
