GUWAHATI: The Government Railway Police (GRP) of Guwahati railway station recovered gold biscuits and 4.89 kg of opium from two trains on Tuesday and arrested two persons.
As per reports, during regular checking, a GRP team recovered four pieces of gold weighing about 1 kg from two persons from Tejas Express at Guwahati railway station.
Four pieces of gold weighing about 1 kg worth ₹58 lakh was recovered from the suspected smugglers.
The two accused have been identified to be hailing from Manipur and were travelling to Delhi.
Meanwhile, in a separate operation on Tuesday, an abandoned bag was recovered from inside a train at Guwahati railway station, the GRP said, adding that it contained five packets of suspected opium worth ₹25 lakh and weighing about 4.89 kg, stated report.
“We have recovered four pieces of gold weighing about 1 kg from two persons. The market value of the seized gold is estimated at ₹58 lakh. The two persons hailing from Manipur were travelling to Delhi. In a separate operation, we recovered an abandoned bag inside a train at Guwahati railway station. During the search, we found five packets of suspected opium weighing about 4.89 kg. The market value of the seized opium is estimated at ₹25 lakh. Further investigation is underway,” Officer-in-Charge, GRP Guwahati, Prasenjit Das said as per reports.
https://www.guwahatiplus.com/guwahati/gold-opium-worth-over-rs70-lakh-recovered-at-guwahati-railway-station
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