Gutka seized from train at Ernakulam Junction Station

Thirty kg of gutka was seized from the Millennium Express on Monday at the Ernakulam Junction Station. According to officials of Food Safety Department, the gutka was found in an unidentified baggage inside a train compartment.

“Since there were no claims made to the bag, we destroyed the gutka packets,” an official said.The Railway Protection Force (RPF) had found the baggage lying unattended inside the train. When they examined it, they discovered the gutka packets.Food Safety officers added that they have begun state-wide raids to trace the flow of gutka packets. On Sunday,over 50 kilos of gutka were discovered from Alappuzha railway station.Though gutka and pan masala have been banned in the state, RPF officials said the packets keep arriving in trains. Most of them arrive from northern parts of the country. The RPF is taking strict measures to counter this, they said.