The quantum of seizures made by Railway Protection Force (RPF) in which people were caught for illegal carrying of cash, silver, gold etc. over Indian Railways during the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 is as under:

Seizures made by Railway Protection Force

The quantum of seizures made by Railway Protection Force (RPF) in which people were caught for illegal carrying of cash, silver, gold etc. over Indian Railways during the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 is as under:

YEAR	QUANTUM OF SEIZURES OF ILLEGAL CONSIGNMENT MADE BY RPF
	GOLD	SILVER	CASH
2009	Nil	89 Kg	Nil
2010	2.145 Kg	784.892 Kg	Rs. 8,00,000.00
2011	0.962 Kg	263 Kg	Rs. 97,93,000.00

In addition to above, RPF seized arms and ammunition, explosives, illicit liquor etc. illegally carried by people by trains during the last three years.

The seizure of similar types of consignments made by RPF during the years 2007 and 2008 are as under:

YEAR	QUANTUM OF SEIZURES OF ILLEGAL CONSIGNMENT MADE BY RPF
	GOLD	SILVER	CASH
2007	Nil	500.65 Kg	Rs. 2,12,000.00(Counterfeit currency)
2008	15,987 Kg	97.785 Kg	Rs. 24,750.00

The seized consignments and the persons apprehended by RPF are handed over to the concerned Government Railway Police and other departments authorized for legal action in such cases.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri K. H. Muniyappa in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.