Lucknow, Nov 16 (PTI) Drugs worth about Rs 2 crore were seized on Saturday in a joint operation by the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) at the Charbagh railway station here, according to an official statement.

According to the GRP, a case has been registered against two men -- Santosh Singh, a resident of Telpa in Bihar's Chhapra district, and Ram Lotan, a resident of Chandi in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh.

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A campaign is underway against suspected smugglers on the instructions of Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Prakash D of the GRP.

According to the statement issued here, in a joint operation by the RPF post and the GRP station at Charbagh, banned drug oxytocin worth Rs 1,93,73,904, which was being smuggled from Bihar through the railway parcel, was seized.

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Information was received that a large consignment of oxytocin in packets has come from Chhapra to Lucknow on train number 15053, the statement said.

A search was conducted and 38 packets containing the banned drug were found in the parcel house. A probe revealed the names of the two accused, against whom an FIR was registered at the Charbagh GRP station.

According to police, there is a possibility that others were also involved in the smuggling of the consignment.

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