Two women arrested for smuggling marijuana at Secunderabad station

According to the police, the two women, who are close friends and addicted to consuming alcohol and smoking, came into contact with Raju on Instagram

Hyderabad: Two women were caught on charges of smuggling drugs from Visakhapatnam to Solapur through Hyderabad in a train at the Secunderabad railway station on Friday.

In a joint operation conducted by the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF), the suspects — Ishrat Bano from Madhya Pradesh and Kanchan from Chhattisgarh — were arrested and marijuana worth Rs 4.4 lakh was seized from them. The prime suspect, Raja from Madhya Pradesh, is absconding.

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According to the police, the two women, who are close friends and addicted to consuming alcohol and smoking, came into contact with Raju on Instagram.

They started chatting and shared their financial problems, following which Raju offered to give them money for assisting him in smuggling marijuana from Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra. The duo agreed.

As per their plan, they collected marijuana packed in two backpacks from the Visakhapatnam railway station from an unidentified source on January 16.

Further, they boarded a general coach of a train to Solapur and reached Secunderabad railway station on Friday night. They were detained over suspicion, and marijuana was seized from them.