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- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials arrested three people, including two women, at Gorakhpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh and seized 5.088 kg of Nepal-origin charas worth about ₹5.08 crore.
- The contraband was hidden in 11 packets concealed inside knee caps wrapped around the women's thighs under their sarees.
- The three were travelling on the Amarnath Express from Sugauli in Bihar to Ludhiana in Punjab and were arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985.
- The seizure is part of the agency's ongoing crackdown on cross-border narcotics trafficking through the region.
What to watch next
- DRI probe into the source of the charas, its intended destination and the wider trafficking network
- Possible further arrests or seizures as the agency continues its crackdown on cross-border narcotics in the region
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