Railway Protection Force officers arrested a 19-year-old West Bengal native at Thrissur railway station on Friday, 6 November 2026, and seized about 6 kg of ganja from him.[1] The young man is 19 and comes from Kashinagar in Murshidabad district, West Bengal.[2] He alighted from train number 12660, the Gurudev Superfast Express, on platform 1 at about 1.58 p.m. on 6 November.[2] A search of his shoulder bag found 5.966 kg of ganja hidden in six packets wrapped in cellotape.[2] Officials put the value of the seized ganja at ₹3 lakh.[1] He had boarded the train at Bhubaneswar in Odisha with a general ticket.[1]

The seizure was made by the RPF Crime Intelligence Branch, Thiruvananthapuram, during a special inspection to curb drug trafficking through trains.[1] During questioning the man said he had been told to bring the ganja from Bengal and deliver it in Thrissur in exchange for ₹20,000.[2] The Hindu reported that he said he had been instructed to hand the bag to someone at Aluva, in Ernakulam district, for a ₹20,000 commission.[1] The operation was carried out under RPF Thiruvananthapuram Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Mohammed Haneefa and Crime Intelligence Branch Inspector Jipin A.J.[1] Deshabhimani named the team that stopped him as Thrissur railway station station house officer T.D. Bijan with assistant sub-inspector Murali and civil police officer Rajesh.[2]

The accused and the seized ganja were handed to the Railway Police in Thrissur for further legal action, and a case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, India’s drug law.[1] The accused and the seized material were produced before a court.[2] The force said inspections would be intensified for the Deepavali season.[1]

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