RPF finds 37.7 kg of ganja in jaggery sacks on Vivek Express at Aluva
Railway Protection Force officers found four unclaimed sacks of ganja, weighing 37.7 kg and valued at about 19 lakh rupees, in a general coach of the Vivek Express at Aluva railway station in Kerala on 5 November 2026. No one was arrested, and the cannabis was handed to the Aluva Excise Department for investigation.
🇮🇳 Aluva railway station, Aluva, Ernakulam district, Kerala · India
Railway Protection Force officers seized37.7 kg of ganja from the
Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express at Aluva railway station in Kerala on
Thursday, 5 November 2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]The force put the value of the seized ganja at
about 19 lakh rupees.[1][3][5][6]
Officers found four unclaimed sacks in a general coach while inspecting train
number 22504 after it reached Aluva; they appeared to hold jaggery, but the
ganja was packed beneath a jaggery coating.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]Malayala Manorama reported that
the cannabis was split across four sacks concealed under jaggery-like wrapping
and weighed 37.700 kg.[8][9]Malayala Manorama reported that the cannabis was
found unclaimed in the general coach after the train arrived.[8][9]
No one has been arrested over the seizure.[1][5][6][7]Investigators were trying to
establish where on the route the sacks were placed on the train and who was
behind them.[1]Malayala Manorama reported that no suspects had been traced.[8][9]The seizure was made by the RPF Crime Intelligence Branch under the
instructions of Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Mohammed Haneef and the
supervision of Inspector Jipin A.J. of Thiruvananthapuram, the outlet reported.[10]
The RPF handed the ganja to the Aluva Excise Department for further action and
investigation.[1][3][4][5][6][9]The RPF said smugglers had previously hidden ganja in
cricket bats, shoes, inverter boxes, paint tins and other goods, and that checks
at stations and on trains had been stepped up for the festival season.[1][5]
The inspection was carried out by Thiruvananthapuram RPF Crime Intelligence Branch Inspector A. J. Jibin with ASIs Sijo Xavier and Vijayakumar, Head Constable Vipin and Constable Nikhil.[3][4]
The RPF said checks at stations and on trains would be tightened for the Deepavali festival season.[4]
NDTV published a photo captioned as the contraband seized by the Railway Protection Force, credited to NDTV.[5]
Deepika reported that the ganja was packed in boxes surrounded with jaggery blocks that were stacked in the sacks.[7]
NDTV named Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Mohammed Haneef and Thiruvananthapuram Inspector Jipin AJ as the officers under whose authority the RPF Crime Intelligence Branch team made the seizure.[5]
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The RPF team with the 37.700 kg of ganja brought by train and seized at Aluva railway station.Photo details
Source: DeshabhimaniSeized packets of ganja laid out after the RPF search of the Vivek Express at Aluva railway station. Photo: NDTV.Photo details
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NDTV Indiandtv.inHIकेरल में गुड़ की बोरियों में छिपाकर ले जाया जा रहा था 19 लाख का गांजा, RPF ने ट्रेन से किया बड़ा खुलासा
Marunadan Malayaleemarunadanmalayalee.comMLനാല് ചാക്കുകളിലായി ശർക്കര പൊതിഞ്ഞ നിലയില് കഞ്ചാവ്; ട്രെയിനില് ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെട്ട നിലയില് കണ്ടെത്തിയത് 19 ലക്ഷം രൂപയുടെ കഞ്ചാവ്
Neither report gives the origin or intended destination of the sacks, or where on the route they were placed on the train.
No arrest, charge or court step has been reported; investigators said they were trying to identify those behind the consignment.
The value of about 19 lakh rupees is the RPF's own estimate, as carried in the reports, not a court-assessed valuation.
The two Hindi and Malayalam reports both date the inspection to Thursday, 5 November 2026, the publication day; no separate check time was published.
This Malayalam account does not give the train's origin or destination, the number of the service, or when the sacks were placed aboard.
News18 Malayalam dates the inspection only as "the other day" (കഴിഞ്ഞ ദിവസം) and was published on 6 November 2026; the date of 5 November 2026 used in the report comes from the other accounts.
News18 Malayalam repeats the RPF's estimate of about 19 lakh rupees without naming who made the estimate.
NDTV's headline rounds the weight to 38 kg while its text gives 37.7 kg; the report keeps 37.7 kg.
NDTV credits the seized-goods photo to itself rather than naming the Railway Protection Force as its origin, so it may duplicate an agency handout published elsewhere.
The same page also reports a separate 35 g MDMA seizure and arrest in Vyttila, a non-cannabis event left out of cannabis figures.
No source states who placed the sacks on the train or where along the route they were loaded.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Deepika: Deepika reported that the RPF Crime Intelligence Branch team of Thiruvananthapuram Inspector A.J. Jipin found the ganja when it checked the unclaimed sacks in the general coach.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Deshabhimani: Deshabhimani confirmed that the inspection of the Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Express was carried out on Thursday after the train reached Aluva.
The Dailyhunt reprint gives no inspection date of its own; the 5 November 2026 date in the report comes from its other sources.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Deepika: The inspection was carried out by Thiruvananthapuram RPF Crime Intelligence Branch Inspector A. J. Jibin with ASIs Sijo Xavier and Vijayakumar, Head Constable Vipin and Constable Nikhil.
The submitted MSN copy shows the article only as "2d" old; the NDTV page date of 6 November 2026 comes from its publication metadata, and no separate time for the inspection was published.
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