The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Central Railway has busted a narcotics smuggling network and seized 43 kilograms of drugs worth Rs 12.82 lakh in two separate operations conducted in Nagpur and Kalaburagi earlier this month.

In the first operation on February 6, the RPF team at Nagpur station intercepted a suspect during surveillance duty. A team comprising an inspector, an assistant sub-inspector and two RPF personnel stopped a man carrying two bags. During a search conducted in the presence of witnesses, officials recovered nine packets of ganja weighing 24.80 kg, estimated to be worth Rs 3.72 lakh.