Guwahati, Jan. 31 -- Railway Protection Force(RPF) andNarcotics Control Bureau(NCB) seized a substantial drug haul from a passenger traveling aboard the Silchar - Secunderabad Express atGuwahati Railway Stationearly 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.

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 ...