Overview
- Railway staff found an unusually heavy black bag in the rear general coach during early-morning checks after the train arrived on February 21.
- RPF and GRP dog squads signaled narcotics, and the FSL railway team opened the bag under CCTV, recovering 31 tape‑wrapped packets alongside clothes.
- The suspected charas weighed 13.834 kg with an estimated illicit-market value of about Rs 13.83 crore, according to officials.
- Each packet was labeled and sealed before being handed to the Bandra GRP, which registered an NDPS case against an unknown person under Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(C).
- Investigators say no arrests have been announced as they work to trace the consignment’s origin and intended recipient, including checks of footage from Gorakhpur and other stations.