Title - Two persons held with 266kg of pan masala

KOTTAYAM: Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized pan masala products weighing 266 kg from the Bangalore-Kanyakumari Island Express here on Friday.Mohammed Bilal (20) and M H Aneesh (40), both from Changanassery, were arrested for bringing the banned products from Bangalore and dispatching it to Kottayam as a parcel in the train. They had given a fake address while booking the parcel that had six packets.The two had bought the products worth Rs 75,000 for Rs 60,000 after bargaining. They were planning to sell it to some traders and expected make a profit of Rs 1.25 lakh, said P Sethumadhavan, CI of RPF. The duo took a bus to Kottayam after sending the parcel. The train reached here around 12 noon.The foul smell that emanated from the packets while they were being unloaded raised the suspicion of the railway police personnel who then examined these packets. Following this, the two who had come to collect the parcel were arrested.