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Sambalpur: The Railway Police Force (RPF) apprehended four persons including two women while they were smuggling drugs from Boudh district to Dhanbad in Jharkhand.
On Sunday, the train escorting team of RPF Balangir seized 77 kg of illicit drugs from Dhanbad-Allepy Express from Balangir to Jharsuguda after noticing the suspicious movement of illicit drugs in B3 coaches concealed in two big-sized trolleys.
The suspects involved two females who pretended that the bags contain household items. They even showed confirmed reservation tickets for their journey along with their children. However, on further probing of the matter, the male suspects (identified as husbands), confessed to transporting drugs to Dhanbad.
RPF staff apprehended the four accused, seized the drugs and handed over the matter to the Excise Department of Jharsuguda for further action.
During interrogation, the police came to know that the accused acquired the drugs from Boudh district and one female suspect identified as Kanchan Devi, is said to be the kingpin of a racket.
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