A joint Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force operation was launched at Agartala Railway Station on 13 November 2026 on specific information.[1] Officers apprehended the two men on Platform No. 1 on a sitting bench in front of the parking area, between the RPF post and the pay-and-use toilet.[1] The two men were identified as 19-year-old Md Abul Fazal of Karimganj district and 44-year-old Arabindu Das, latterly of Bishalgarh in Sepahijala district.[1]

Officers recovered a total of 24.625 kg of suspected ganja from a trolley bag and a pithu bag in the men’s possession.[1] Police put the black-market value of the seized ganja at about Rs 12.5 lakh.[1] The seizure and arrests were recorded under Agartala GRPS Case No. 2026GRP081 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C)/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985.[1]

Inspector Raju Bhowmik, officer in charge of Agartala Railway Police Station, gave details of the operation to the media.[1] The officer in charge said such operations against illegal contraband would continue.[1]