₹41.8 lakh worth of heroin seized at Aluva Railway Station; two held
The seizure was made as part of “Operation Narcos”, a nationwide anti-drug drive
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has seized 204 grams of heroin, valued at approximately ₹41.8 lakh, at Aluva railway station during a joint anti-narcotics operation named "Operation Narcos". The operation, conducted by the Crime Intelligence Branch (CIB) of the RPF, Thiruvananthapuram, and the RPF, Aluva, under the direction of Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Mohammed Hanifa, resulted in the arrest of two men from Assam, Nazir Uddin (33) and Kausar Ahmed Majumdar (32).
The heroin was concealed inside an unusually light Microtek inverter found on the Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Express. The accused have been handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP) for further investigation, with a case expected to be registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
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