Overview
- Customs at Kochi’s Nedumbassery airport arrested fashion designer Abdul Jaleel Jasmal, 29, after seizing six kilograms of suspected hybrid ganja from his handbag on a flight arriving from Bangkok.
- Investigators in Kochi said the consignment is valued at about Rs 6 crore and that the accused told officials he was hired for Rs 1 lakh to carry the drug, with a probe underway to identify the network.
- At Delhi’s IGI airport, Customs seized 6,554 grams of marijuana from two Indian nationals who arrived from Bangkok on September 28 following spot profiling and X-ray checks, and both were arrested.
- CISF personnel at Imphal airport intercepted 21.36 kilograms of ganja from two Delhi-bound passengers on September 29 during random X-BIS screening, then handed the suspects to local police.
- Recent cases reported this week reinforce an established route using Southeast Asian flights, with agencies relying on profiling and baggage screening as multi-location arrests feed ongoing network-mapping inquiries.