Gold worth Rs 40 lakh seized at Guwahati railway station and Held 1

Officials of the Government Railway Police (GRP) on Tuesday seized 600 grams of gold, worth Rs 40 lakh, from a person on Rajdhani Express at Guwahati railway station and arrested the person hailing from Kerala who was carrying the gold.

Prasenjit Das, Officer-in-Charge of GRP Guwahati said “Based on intelligence input, today morning we conducted search operation in Rajdhani Express and found gold powder in three packets weighing about 600 grams in possession from a person who was travelling in the train. He was coming from Dimapur. The market value of the seized gold is estimated at more than Rs 40 lakh,”

A case has been registered at GRP Guwahati in connection with this.