Agartala, Feb. 10 -- A 25-year-old man identified as Dangshua Mulji hailed from Manipur was arrested on Sunday night in Tripura's Khowai with arms while attempting to smuggle the consignment into Bangladesh.
According to Tripura Police, officials of Customs Division, Agartala had an intelligence input that Mulji allegedly linked to a trans-border syndicate involved in arms and narcotics smuggling, was traveling on the Guwahati-Agartala Special train from Lumding with illegal arms and ammunition.
"Customs officials were monitoring his movement as soon as he boarded the train at Lumding and alerted Railway police to keep a tab on him until he deboarded. He was deboarded at Teliamura station about 45 kilometres before Agartala and proceeded ...