The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is regularly conducting checks and drives at stations and trains to control transportation of contraband items. In recently conducted checks and drives over the zone from 1st to 15th November, 2024; RPF apprehended 3 persons and recovered contraband goods worth above Rs. 11.14 lakh from them.

It may be mentioned here that RPF of N.F.Railway recovered contraband goods, narcotics items worth over Rs. 1.42 crore and apprehended 28 persons during various checks and drives conducted over the zone in October, 2024.

Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of NFR through a press statement said that  in a recent incident on 8th November, 2024, RPF and GRP teams of Agartala jointly conducted a checking at Agartala station. During the check the team recovered 10 kgs of Ganja, worth around Rs. 1 lakh and apprehended one person in this connection. Later, the apprehended person along with the recovered Ganja was handed over to OC,GRP of Agartala station for further course of action.

In an another incident 11th November, 2024, CIB team of RPF Guwahati apprehended 2 persons at Guwahati Railway station and recovered 55 bottles of liquor worth over Rs. 10 thousand. Later, the apprehended persons along with the recovered liquor were handed over to Excise department, Guwahati for further necessary action.

The RPF of N.F. Railway regularly undertakes several measures to prevent the use of railways by drug traffickers. RPF teams at various levels in all suspected trains, stations and passenger areas, conduct frequent drives and checks to ensure the railways remain free from drug trafficking. Railway passengers can dial 139 (Toll-free) if they come across any problem during their train journey.