Overview

• On June 18, Mumbai Customs intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok and seized 24.96 kg of hydroponic weed worth ₹24.66 crore concealed in vacuum-sealed packets.
• A coordinated follow-up operation led to the arrest of a third individual waiting outside the airport to collect the drug consignment.
• In a separate June 17 operation, officers recovered 652.2 carats of lab-grown and natural diamonds valued at ₹1.70 crore plus ₹11.15 lakh in Saudi riyals hidden in a passenger’s body cavity and sling bag.
• All four arrested have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, with investigations probing links to an international trafficking syndicate.
• Officials credit intelligence-led screening and real-time coordination at CSMIA for disrupting increasingly sophisticated smuggling methods at India’s busiest international gateway.