Overview
- Mumbai Airport Customs reported 37.26 kg of hydroponic weed seized in seven cases from nine Bangkok arrivals between December 3 and 10, with those passengers arrested.
- Three additional intelligence-led interceptions at Mumbai yielded about 6 kg more, taking the total hydroponic weed seized there to roughly 43.26 kg during the eight-day window.
- Officers detailed concealment methods that included stashing the drug in trolley bags, hiding it inside lumps of tamarind, and misusing baggage tags from other flights.
- In Pune, the AIU seized 2.299 kg of hydroponic marijuana from a passenger arriving on IndiGo flight 6E-1096 from Bangkok, with the consignment recovered from checked baggage.
- The DRI’s Operation Hinterland Brew uncovered a clandestine mephedrone unit near Wardha, seizing 128 kg of the drug plus 245 kg of precursors and arresting three, including the alleged mastermind.