RPF seize 21 kg ganja at Jolarpet railway station

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A lawsuit  has been registered by Jolarpet RPF. 

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The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has seized a consignment of 21 kgs ganja successful TATA-ERS Express astatine Jolarpet railway presumption successful Tirupattur.

Police said that arsenic portion of a peculiar thrust against amerciable proscription of narcotic substances and inflammable articles successful trains nether Operation Narcos, a squad of RPF constabulary unit comprising Inspector Nikil Gupta, sub-inspector Dijith and constables Ankur Sharma and Aditya Ravat were conducting astonishment checks successful halted trains astatine the railway station.

The explicit train, which was connected its mode to Chennai, halted connected level 2 astatine the railway station. The squad searched coaches of the explicit bid wherever they recovered 2 abandoned tourer bags successful the luggage bearer of the wide compartment successful the train. When they opened the bag, they recovered 8 bundles of ganja.

Initial enquiry revealed that a pack of 4 persons got down astatine the railway presumption aft they noticed a constabulary squad got into the bid to hunt the coaches. They abandoned the consignment successful the bid and fled the spot. A lawsuit has been registered by Jolarpet RPF. The constabulary besides analysed CCTV footage to nab the pack that was progressive successful ganja smuggling. A probe is nether way.

Published - January 10, 2026 08:44 p.m. IST

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