Illicit substances are being transported using the railway parcel system, as evidenced by a significant seizure of contraband ganja (marijuana) at Agartala Station.

A smuggler named Uttam Pal has been apprehended in connection with this illegal activity.

Acting on confidential information, the police conducted a late-night raid on the Railway Parcel counter at Agartala Railway Station on Wednesday.

The search operation resulted in the detention of 319 kg of ganja stored in 86 boxes as it was being smuggled through the railway parcel system.

The railway police confiscated the ganja from the vicinity of the parcel booking counter at Agartala railway station.

Uttam Pal, the apprehended individual, admitted that the ganja was intended to be smuggled out of Tripura via rail.