2.5 kg ganja seized from unclaimed bag on Salem train
Railway special-team police seized 2.5 kg of ganja from an unclaimed bag near the toilet of the Dhanbad-Alappuzha Express after boarding at Morappur on 5 November 2026. The ganja was handed to Salem Railway Police, who are investigating to trace the smugglers, with no arrest reported for the train seizure.
🇮🇳 Dhanbad-Alappuzha Express at Morappur, Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu · India
On 5 November 2026, railway special-team police boarded the Dhanbad-Alappuzha
Express at Morappur and searched the train during the check.[1]During the
check of the general compartment, officers found a bag lying unclaimed near the
toilet and picked it up to examine its contents.[1]The examination showed the
bag contained 2.5 kg of ganja.[1]
The special team seized the 2.5 kg of ganja found in the unclaimed bag near the
toilet.[1]The team then handed the seized ganja to Salem Railway Police, who
received the recovered drug for further action.[1]
Police inquiries are continuing to trace the people who had carried the ganja
and left the bag unclaimed on the express train.[1]No suspect was named and
no arrest was reported for this train seizure, which was described only as the
recovery of an unclaimed bag.[1]The 2.5 kg weight is the police team’s
reported quantity for the ganja recovered from the toilet-area bag.[1]
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The incident date of 5 November 2026 is inferred from yesterday relative to the 6 November 2026 publication.
No suspect was named and no arrest was reported for the train seizure, which was described only as unclaimed.
No estimated value was published for the seized ganja.
The same page also reports a separate 1.1 kg ganja arrest by Thalaivasal police near Mummudiyan temple, which is a different event left out of this report.
Only one outlet account could be opened and no police statement or second report was found.
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