Overview

• India seized 373 kg of hydroponic cannabis by May 2025, marking a 24 percent rise over the 302 kg recorded in all of 2024.
• Karnataka led with 158 kg seized and Gujarat followed with 85 kg, while Kerala reported its first 3 kg captures in two cases traced to parcels from Thailand.
• Smugglers have exploited air routes, international courier parcels and dark-web channels to import high-potency hybrid cannabis from Thailand.
• Authorities made 77 arrests across 56 cases in 2025, compared with 51 arrests in 101 cases during 2024.
• The government activated a four-tier Narco Coordination Centre, directed states to form Anti-Narcotics Task Forces and launched the MANAS helpline (1933) for citizen reporting.