RPF seize smuggle cigarettes of worth Rs 67.50 lakh at Hyderabad railway station

Hyderabad: Railway Protection Force (RPF), which is keeping surveillance on parcels being transported through trains as part of the pan India drive, seized smuggled cigarettes worth Rs.67.50 lakh. Based on the intelligence input, these cigarettes were seized at the Hyderabad railway station.

A joint team of Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police carried



out a special check on parcels unloaded from Telangana Express (Train No. 12724) on Wednesday. During the inspection, 15 parcels which were loaded from New Delhi were found to be suspicious.

“Those parcels were then opened and found to contain 45 carton boxes with 4.50 lakh pieces of foreign made cigarettes. The parcels were booked from New Delhi declaring as grocery items.