EAGLE, GRP, RPF officials seize ganja chocolates, six suspects taken into custody in ‘Operation Vijay'
During a surprise raid in Coromandel Express train at Vijayawada Railway Station, the team — led by EAGLE head and IGP Ake Ravi Krishna, GRP Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) G. Ratna Raju, SCR Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Shanmuga Vadivel, DCP K.G.V. Saritha — seized the ganja chocolates being smuggled to Chennai.
'We have seized the chocolates packed in packets in Coromandel Express train. The chocolates were made of ganja, also called a 'Bung' in Bihar,' Mr. Ravi Krishna told The Hindu.
Vijayawada GRP Circle Inspector J.V. Ramana said that six suspects, who were travelling in the bogie, were taken into custody in the case. 'We are trying to find out from whom they procured the ganja chocolates, destination of the material and any other persons involved in the racket,' Ms. Saritha said.
At Eluru
As part of 'Operation Vijay', the EAGLE officials and Eluru Dstrict Superintendent of Police K. Pratap Shiva Kishore, EAGLE SP Nageswara Rao, Additional SP N. Suryachandra Rao, Eluru DSP D. Sravan Kumar checked the trains at Eluru railway station on Thursday.
The Prohibition and Excise, RPF, GRP and the EAGLE teams checked the unreserved and reserved coaches in the trains to prevent ganja and drugs smuggling, Mr. Pratap Shiva Kishore said.
'Operation Vijay' is aimed at preventing illegal transportation of narcotics and ganja. The raids will continue in all stations in across A.P.,' Mr. Ake Ravi Krishna said.
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