Maligaon, July 29: Senior Divisional Security Commissioner of Railway Protection Force of Lumding received information from the SRP/ of Agartala about the possibility of drugs Or contrabands being transported by the 02501 Agartala – New Delhi AC Spl. Exp. train.
When the information received the train had already crossed Dharmanagar station. From Lumding the intelligence was immediately shared with concerned RPF officials at Badarpur. RPF officials of Badarpur immediately launched a search operation when the train arrived Badarpur station at about 09-58 pm.
While conducting intense search, RPF team detected one blue colour trolley bag and one small shoulder bag suspected to be containing contraband items lying under berth no 64 of coach No -7. But found no passenger sitting near berth no 63 or 64 of the coach.
So the bags were off-loaded as unclaimed by RPF of Badarpur. Later the bags were weighed and found to contain about 40 kgs of ganja worth about Rs 2, 40,000/- GRP of Badarpur were intimated about the seizure by RPF.
Earlier on the same day local police of Agartala apprehended one person named Bapi Sarkar, aged about 18 years, residents of Sudhai Mahan, Dist-West Tripura from platform no.1 of Agartala station with the possession of one red trolley bag at about 04-40 pm before scheduled departure of the 02501 Agartala – New Delhi AC Spl. Exp. train.
The trolley bag was found to containing about 23 kgs of ganja when checked. A case was also registered by GRP/Agartala vide no 3/2020 dated 27.07.2020 under various provisions of NDPS Act. Further investigation of the case is being undertaken.
