Mumbai, Jan 23 (PTI) The Government Railway Police (GRP) caught a 48-year-old man with mephedrone worth Rs 10 lakh at Mumbai Central railway station on Tuesday morning, an official said.

GRP personnel were screening the luggage of passengers at the railway station when they zeroed in on the accused, who had alighted from a train coming from New Delhi, the official said.

Also Read | PM's Jumlas Soar to the Sun: Mallikarjun Kharge's Dig After Prime Minister Narendra Modi Led-Government Launches Rooftop Solar Power Scheme.

The accused, Ashish Daga, hails from Rajasthan, he said.

A packet containing white powder was recovered from Daga's belongings, and he was taken to the GRP police station, where it was ascertained that the substance was mephedrone, the official said, adding that the contraband is valued at Rs 10 lakh.

Also Read | Suicide Abetment Case: Mere Taunting Does Not Amount to Harassment or Mental Cruelty, Says Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court.

A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)