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Burmese Betel Nuts Seized From Passenger Train In Assam

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HAILAKANDI, April 13 (PTI): Large quantities of Burmese betel nut, worth over Rs 2 crore in the international market, were seized from a train at Ramnathpur railway station in Assam’s Hailakandi district on Wednesday, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, the police seized 560 bags of Burmese betel nut, weighing around 46 tonnes, from Bairavi-Silchar passenger train which was on its way to Hailakandi from Silchar.

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The betel nuts were suspected of being smuggled from Mizoram to West Bengal.

Hailakandi superintendent of police Gaurav Upadhyay said that investigation is on.

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