Archive · 23 Dec 2025
Police Crack Down on Ganja Smuggling
Police in India are working hard to stop people from smuggling drugs like ganja and brown sugar on trains.
They have caught many people and seized a lot of drugs.
The police are using special dogs to find the drugs and are asking everyone to help by reporting any suspicious activities.
They have caught people from many different states and are continuing to investigate to stop the drug smugglers.
The police are very serious about stopping drugs and will punish anyone involved.
Odisha police have seized over 3,352 kg of ganja and arrested 299 people this year.
Prakasam district police seized 7 kg of ganja and detained five suspects at Ongole Railway Station.
The operation involved a special team including Women Police Station CI Sudhakar, Sub-Inspectors, Eagle Team, and a sniffer dog named Roxy.
The accused were handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP) for further investigation.
Police warned of strict legal action against anyone involved in the transportation, sale, or consumption of ganja and other narcotics.
- Who
- Prakasam district police, Odisha police, Government Railway Police (GRP), Railway Protection Force (RPF)
- What
- Seizure of ganja and other narcotics, detention of suspects
- When
- Saturday night, ongoing throughout the year
- Where
- Ongole Railway Station, Prakasam district, major railway stations in Odisha (Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Puri, Rourkela)
- Why
- To curb the illegal transportation of ganja and other narcotics
Law Enforcement
Drug Traffickers
Drug Trafficking Prevention
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement agencies are intensifying efforts to curb drug trafficking through railway routes by conducting coordinated checks, surveillance, and using sniffer dogs to inspect suspicious bags and parcels.
Drug Traffickers
Drug traffickers are using railway routes to smuggle ganja, brown sugar, opium, cough syrup, and other illegal narcotic substances.
- Location
- Ongole Railway Station, Prakasam district, Odisha
- Date
- Saturday night
- Amount Seized (Odisha)
- 3,352 kg of ganja, 2.61 grams of brown sugar, and large quantities of cough syrup
- Number of Cases (Odisha)
- 200 cases under the NDPS Act
- Number of Arrests (Odisha)
- 299 accused persons
- Amount Seized (Ongole)
- 7 kg of ganja
- Number of Suspects (Ongole)
- 5
- States of Origin
- Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat
- Reporting Hotline
- 1972, Dial 112, or WhatsApp 9121102266
