Overview

• Under Operation Narcos, RPF seized over Rs. 220 crore in narcotics in 2024 and added Rs. 68 crore more in seizures from January through April 2025.
• The force deploys surprise inspections, sniffer dog squads, undercover officers and joint raids with the Narcotics Control Bureau, Government Railway Police and state police.
• On June 26, Divisional Railway Manager Ashutosh Kumar Singh oversaw a KSR Bengaluru Station awareness event featuring impactful placards, a passenger pledge and a Nukkad Natak street play.
• The initiative aimed to educate travelers on drug abuse hazards, highlight legal and health consequences and encourage public reporting of suspicious activity.
• The intensified railway campaign responds to a 23 percent global rise in drug use over the past decade, as reported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.