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Kolkata: A huge consignment of Chinese-made mobile phones and other electronic goods were seized on the down Rajdhani Express at Sealdah station on Monday morning.
    The consignment, worth about Rs 14 lakh, did not have custom clearance. This is the second such instance of Chinese-made mobile handsets seized on a train from New Delhi this year.
    Working on a tip-off, a team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) swung into action after the train arrived. They found 31 boxes with 1346 mobile phones, 1500 card readers and other electronic items like chips. One Ashutosh Tiwari, who had come to receive the consignment, has been detained. “The consignment had no custom clearance. The hunt for the kingpin of the operation is on,” said an RPF official.
    On May 4 this year, RPF had seized similar consignment worth about Rs 11 lakh. The consignment was being transported from Delhi on the Duranata Express to Sealdah station. These mobile phones are for sale in the city grey markets.