On Thursday, a case was registered at Tatanagar Railway Police Station regarding the seizure of marijuana from the Shalimar-Kurla Express. Inspector Rampyare Ram registered a case against the absconding accused, Feroz Ansari, under the NDPS Act. According to the railway police, 17 kg of marijuana was recovered from the train, with...
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a market value of approximately Rs 3.50 lakh. The security personnel had received information about a person traveling with money, explosives, or narcotics. Consequently, on Wednesday night, a joint team of the District Election Flying Squad, RPF, GRP, and Bagbeda Police raided the B-3 coach of the Kurla Express. The individual traveling with the marijuana managed to escape, but the security personnel recovered two bags from seat number 9. These bags were examined with a metal detector to confirm the presence of explosives, but marijuana was found instead. The officers took the bags to Bagbeda Police Station. Following the election-related proceedings at the district level, the marijuana was handed over to the GRP on Thursday morning. An FIR was registered based on the inspector's statement, and the GRP initiated an investigation. Using the seat number, the GRP and RPF retrieved the passenger's PNR number. This revealed the name of the passenger carrying the marijuana and confirmed he was traveling from Kharagpur to Mumbai. The railway police are currently attempting to locate Feroz Ansari's address in order to apprehend him. According to the railway police, marijuana has previously been seized from various trains at Tatanagar station, with its origin tracing back to Odisha and its destination being Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.