Overview
- Between October 29 and 30 at CSMIA, officers acting on specific intelligence intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok in separate cases.
- A baggage search on flight AI2338 recovered two silvery gibbons aged about two and four months concealed in a basket inside a trolley bag, with one found dead.
- The passenger in the wildlife case was arrested under the Customs Act, 1962 read with the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and the animals were seized.
- In the narcotics case, 7.97 kg of suspected hydroponic marijuana valued at roughly Rs 7.97–8 crore was found in a checked trolley bag of a passenger from flight 6E1060, leading to arrest under the NDPS Act.
- Customs officials cited continued vigilance at the airport, noting separate four-day operations that seized 12.418 kg of similar contraband from Bangkok passengers and resulted in six arrests.