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The Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized astir 5 kg of ganja worthy astir ₹2.5 lakh from the Howrah–Tiruchi Express astatine Tiruchi Junction railway presumption successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday.
According to railway officials, the seizure was made pursuing a tip-off received by RPF Inspector Ajay Kumar that narcotics were being transported connected the train, which arrived astatine Tiruchi Junction astatine astir 2.40 a.m.
A squad comprising RPF unit and officials from the Crime Intelligence Branch, Narcotics Intelligence Unit and Bomb Detection Squad, searched the train. An unattended achromatic question container was recovered adjacent the toilet of a wide compartment astatine the rear extremity of the bid stationed astatine Platform No. 8.
Upon opening the bag, officials recovered 2 packets containing dried ganja. The contraband weighed 5 kg and is estimated to person a marketplace worth of ₹2.5 lakh.
Railway officials fishy that the smugglers abandoned the container and fled aft noticing the beingness of information unit astatine the station.
The seized contraband was handed implicit to the Railway Narcotics Intelligence Unit for investigation. Efforts are connected to place and apprehend those progressive successful the smuggling operation.
