Huge amounts of contraband seized in June: SER

Kolkata: The South Eastern Railway's (SER) strict vigil has resulted in seizure of huge amount of contraband goods in the month of June.

"Our Railway Protection Force (RPF) team has successfully kept on guarding the

railway properties against

theft and other crimes. During the month of June 2018,

RPF personnel have done a lot of security work to foil

the criminal activity over four divisions of this railway," a senior SER official said.

The official added that in the month of June, RPF has seized 900 grams of opium, 25 kg ganja, 240 bags of bhang and 18 bottles of foreign liquor along with 24 bundles of kendu leaves.

"We have also recovered as many as 43 bags with valuables of passengers who had reported loss of the same," an RPF officer said.

The RPF have arrested as many as 18 criminals for theft of passenger belongings at different stations under SER. 46 offenders were arrested under the RP (UP) Act for unlawful possession of railway property and an amount of Rs 2,57,820 was realised.

They have also rescued as many as 20 minor boys and 22 minor girls and handed them over to their parents with the help of an NGO.

"We have been able to book 5,500 offenders including 2 touts and 631 unauthorised vendors/hawkers under different sections of the Railway Act with realisation of fine amounting to Rs 11, 63, 810. 23,879 ticketless travellers were apprehended during the joint drives conducted by RPF and Commercial Department and an amount of Rs 48,66,135 was realised as fine from them," an SER official said.