HYDERABAD: Railway Protection Force (RPF) Secunderabad division officials have seized narcotics worth Rs 1.64 crore under ‘Operation Narcos’ until now this year.
In order to curb the supply of narcotics through trains, 'Operation Narcos' was launched by the RPF, which is empowered to conduct search, seizure and nab drug traffickers under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act since April 2019 and has been actively attempting to restrict the illegal business.
In a joint operation, RPF Vikarabad with Government Railway Protection (GRP) along with Vikarabad Prohibition and Excise sleuths seized drugs worth Rs 45.6 lakh and arrested two persons travelling in Konark Express on Wednesday.
This year till now, RPF Secunderabad officials seized drugs worth Rs 1.64 crore in eight incidents and arrested nine persons with an increase of 90.69 per cent in seizure value of narcotic products compared to the corresponding month of previous year.
In 2022, RPF Secunderabad recovered the banned product in 35 incidents valued at Rs 7.84 crore and arrested 41 persons for smuggling and handed them over to the concerned law enforcement agencies.
Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, Secunderabad, Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee applauded the efforts of RPF in curbing the drug menace.
