Agartala, Feb. 4 -- In a late-night joint operation, the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized narcotics worth Rs 30 lakh and arrested nine individuals from a parcel van at Agartala Railway Station on Monday.

Officer-in-Charge of Agartala GRP Station, Tapas Das, informed the media on Tuesday that the operation was carried out following a tip-off about a large consignment of contraband hidden in a goods container.

"Based on specific intelligence, security forces searched the parcel van and recovered 1,500 bottles of Eskuf, a banned cough syrup. Subsequently, nine suspects were arrested in connection with the seizure," Das said.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Amit Kumar Srivastav ...