Nine persons including two women were today arrested by Railway police while they were trying to smuggle 110 Kilograms of cannabis worth Rs 50 lakhs, in Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express here, police said.
"We were informed that a gang including two women were trying to smuggle a stock of cannabis from Howrah station after which a search operation was launched and the culprits were nabbed at Kanpur station," a GRP police official said.
The arrested persons revealed during interrogation that they received the stock at Howrah railway station and their job was to deliver the goods to someone in Delhi. They only provided courier service and nothing else.
We have got information about the real kingpins through there mobile details and have informed the Delhi and Howrah police, the officer added.
