Overview

• At Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport on Wednesday evening, officials recovered more than 13 kg of high‑grade hydroponic cannabis from two passengers arriving from Bangkok, valued at about ₹13 crore.
• Mohammad Imran of Bijnor was detained with 7.7 kg and allegedly told officials the bags were handed to him in Bangkok for delivery to a man named Sameer in Lucknow.
• Another passenger, identified as Manikant, failed to claim luggage containing 6.9 kg; a manhunt is underway and the case has been handed to a central agency.
• In Mumbai a day earlier, Customs at CSMIA arrested a passenger arriving from Kuala Lumpur after finding 12.26 kg concealed in a checked‑in trolley bag, booking the accused under the NDPS Act.
• Two additional Mumbai cases the same week involved Tamil Nadu residents Krishnamoorthy Ramasamy and Abdul Kadhar Bilal carrying 2,012 g and 1,932 g from Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok, and Ramasamy admitted transporting the consignment for ₹15,000, according to Customs.