Two women held with ₹15 lakh ganja: Smuggled from Odisha in AC coach for ₹10,000, caught at Surat station

Two women were arrested from Platform No. 1 of Surat Railway Station after nearly 30kg of ganja, valued at around ₹15 lakh, was recovered from their luggage.

The women were travelling in the AC coach of the Puri-Ahmedabad Superfast Express when the joint police team intercepted them.

According to the police, ganja is illegally cultivated in the mountainous and forested areas of Phulbani in Odisha's Kandhamal district and often stored underground.

The contraband is then allegedly purchased at low prices by intermediaries from Ganjam district, who recruit people from poor families to transport it across states by train or road.

Acting on information about the trafficking network, the police team kept watch at Surat railway station. When the Puri-Ahmedabad Superfast Express arrived at Platform No. 1, two women were allegedly seen leaving the AC coach under suspicious circumstances.