Since it came to their attention that drug traffickers had started smuggling drugs on trains for interstate and intercity unlawful commerce, the state police have enhanced monitoring at railway stations in an effort to combat drug trafficking.
When they discovered that the baggage screening equipment at Kalupur Railway Station was not in working condition and could allow contraband to be hidden away without detection, Western Railway (Gujarat) police also addressed a letter to the Railways requesting that it be fixed right away.
Acting on a tip in October 2021, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) apprehended three individuals carrying 1 kilogram of methamphetamine from the Howrah-Gandhidham Express at Kalupur station. Praveen Kumar Bhati, Saroj Goswami, and Abdul Ghani were detained as suspects.
The DRI detained two individuals and 7.5 kilograms of mephedrone worth Rs 3.5 crore from the Rajdhani Express earlier in October 2019. The defendants were travelling to Mumbai. Railroad stations are not completely closed off, unlike airports, which makes transporting drugs much simpler. The Railways erected two baggage scanning devices to verify passengers’ luggage at entry and departure points of the railway station in order to avoid this incident.
Western Railway Police (Gujarat) officials said that one of these machines is broken, which prompted a senior police officer to request in writing to the railways that it be repaired and restarted. Following that, the luggage scanners at Kalupur station’s Gates 2 and 4 were turned on.
Additional DGP of WR, S P Rajkumar, said, “We had found out that earlier baggage screening was not being done. So we got it started immediately, to screen the baggage of passengers and any would-be suspects.”
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