11-07-2025
Ganja chocolates seized, one smuggler arrested
In a joint operation, searches by the police in Coromandel Express train on Friday (July 11), led to the seizure of ganja chocolates from a passenger.
Police teams comprising of personnel from Government Railway Police (GRP), Elite Anti-Narcotics Group for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and the NTR Police Commissionerate and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducted raids in the train.
Satyanarayanapuram CI S.V.V. Lakshminarayana, Vijayawada GRP Circle Inspector J.V. Ramana and RPF personnel participated in the raids.
'The police teams searched the luggage in general and general and reserved compartments and seized the ganja chocolates. One person, travelling to Chennai was taken into custody,' said Deputy Superintendent of Railway Police G. Ratna Raju.
In Eluru
In another raid, the Eluru police conducted searches in the running trains at Eluru railway station on Friday. The police teams led by Additional Superintendent of Police N. Suryachandra Rao conducted the checks.
'Following the directions of DGP Harish Kumar Gupta, police conducted the raids on trains. The raids were aimed at checking ganja and drugs smuggling through trains,' said Eluru District Superintendent of Police K. Pratap Shiva Kishore.
