Overview

• Police teams from GRP, EAGLE, NTR Police Commissionerate and RPF uncovered ganja-infused chocolates in passenger luggage during a Vijayawada raid on the Coromandel Express.
• One individual traveling to Chennai was taken into custody in connection with the seized narcotics, officials confirmed.
• The operation was conducted under orders from DGP Harish Kumar Gupta to stem ganja and drug smuggling along train routes.
• Parallel searches at Eluru railway station led by Additional SP N. Suryachandra Rao remain underway on running trains.
• The raid highlights smugglers’ shift to disguised shipments and forms part of a nationwide June–July campaign to disrupt inter-state trafficking on the rail network.