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Tripura police seek custody of female drug peddler

Agartala, June 24 (UNI) Tripura police on Tuesday forwarded a female drug peddler to court seeking her custody of a female drug peddler who was arrested at Agartala Railway Station a day ago in a joint operation of Agartala Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF).
Police said the lady was identified as Miss Aparna Debbarma (29), a resident of Karaimura under Amtali Police Station of Agartala had boarded a train to Delhi. She was found in possession of 21.490 kilograms of dry cannabis worth Rs 7.5 lakh, packed in nine separate packets concealed inside a trolley bag.
During interrogation, Aparna admitted that she intended to transport the contraband to Delhi, and also confessed that this was not her first attempt; she had previously smuggled smaller quantities of cannabis using other railway stations, but this was her first time using Agartala Station, where she was eventually apprehended.
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