Drugs seized, five held

GUWAHATI, June 19 – In the third major haul of drugs in the span of last one week, the Government Railway Police (GRP) last night recovered sedatives worth over Rs 9 crore and arrested five persons in this connection from the Guwahati railway station.

The arrested hail from Mizoram and had arrived from New Delhi by the Brahmaputra Express. They were about to leave for Mizoram when the arrests were made.

The GRP in the last one week had arrested 11 persons and recovered sedatives worth several crores of rupees.