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Railway Police, RPF Intensify Drug Smuggling Checks in Kerala After Major Seizures
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News18•20-09-2026, 21:45
Railway Police, RPF Intensify Drug Smuggling Checks in Kerala After Major Seizures
- •Railway Police and RPF have intensified checks at railway stations and on trains in Kerala following recent drug seizures.
- •The intensified drive, named 'Operation Toofan,' aims to detect and prevent drug smuggling into the state via trains.
- •Authorities seized a total of 34 kg of cannabis in separate incidents over the past few days, leading to multiple arrests.
- •Two West Bengal natives, Shahidul Malik and Asim Sheikh, were arrested at Palakkad Junction with 22 kg of cannabis.
- •In other incidents, 8 kg of cannabis was found abandoned on the Tata Nagar Express, and Nithin Thaddeus Antony was arrested with 4 kg at Ernakulam Junction.
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The drug hunt on trains is part of the Operation Toofan drive carried out by the Railway Police and the Railway Protection Force.
During checks at Palakkad Junction railway station, 22 kg of cannabis was found in the possession of two West Bengal natives who were subsequently arrested.
A joint team of the Railway Police and the RPF found about eight kg of cannabis abandoned in a sleeper coach of the Tata Nagar Express.
