Four arrested with 10 kg of suspected MDMA in Kochi
Railway authorities in Kochi arrested four individuals for trafficking 10 kg of suspected ganja, while local police arrested another suspect linked to a previous MDMA seizure. These arrests are part of an ongoing effort to curb drug trafficking through regional transport hubs.
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The report underscores regional law enforcement efforts to combat the illegal drug trade in transportation networks.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested four people, two alleged drug peddlers and two buyers, with 10 kg of suspected ganja at Ernakulam Junction (South) railway station.
The arrested are Buddha Debu Mondal, 22, and Suman Choudary, 22, both from Murshidabad in West Bengal, and Akash Babu, 22, and Athul Santhosh, 27, both from Chottanikkara.
While the Murshidabad natives were nabbed with the suspected ganja when they arrived at the station on Friday (September 11) by the Shalimar-Thiruvananthapuram Express, the youth from Chottanikkara were apprehended for allegedly buying the contraband.
The accused were apprehended in a joint operation conducted by the RPF and the Government Railway Police (GRP). “Based on preliminary investigation, it is suspected that the ganja was brought from Odisha. Searches will be intensified at stations and inside trains in the coming days,” RPF-GRP officials said in a release.
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