A crew of the Particular Job Power (STF) of the West Bengal Police arrested a railway worker for smuggling medication from the northeastern states and recovered 9.081 kg of opium from his possession.
In line with SIT officers, the contraband has a market worth of roughly Rs 90 lakh.
Appearing on a particular enter, the crew laid a entice close to the Nasra Excessive Faculty within the Nadia district on Thursday (March 28) and arrested the 39-year-old group-D worker of the Railways, recognized as Raju Mondal.
In line with SIT officers, Mondal was concerned within the unlawful buying and selling of banned contraband from the northeastern states by means of a courier firm.
A case has been registered at an area police station of Nadia district below a number of sections of the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
“It has additionally been discovered through the investigation that the arrested individual is a Group-D employees (member) in Indian Railways and is presently posted at Naihati station. Through the previous few years, he was engaged in buying and selling of banned contraband from Northeast states by means of parcel couriers,” a senior official of the crew advised India At this time TV.
“Yesterday (Thursday), he was caught red-handed by our crew together with an enormous amount of opium after he obtained the identical from a DTDC courier counter located close to Nasra Submit Workplace below the Ranaghat police station space and tried to drive away on his scooter, however he was not in a position to flee away. Our crew has efficiently nabbed him on the best way,” he added.
“Through the investigation, all of the doable hyperlinks on this nexus can be investigated. The market worth of the seized contraband is almost rupees 90 lakh. The arrested accused is being interrogated to bust the entire racket,” one other official mentioned.
