Guwahati: Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized a substantial drug haul from a passenger traveling aboard the Silchar – Secunderabad Express at Guwahati Railway Station early Friday morning.
According to reports, the operation, launched at 6.40am when the train arrived at platform number 4, led to the detention of a suspected individual traveling without a valid ticket in Coach No. NF GS-191127.
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Upon inspection, 1.5 kg of Yaba tablets wrapped in seven plastic packets were recovered, worth around Rs 6.45 crore.
The arrested individual, Rasid Hoque, a 22-year-old from Phalimari, Dinhata, Cooch Behar in West Bengal, was traveling from Badarpur to New Cooch Behar.
The seized drugs were handed over to the NCB for further investigation.
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Hoque has been taken into NCB custody for further interrogation and legal proceedings.