Overview
- Air Intelligence Unit officers intercepted a passenger arriving from Bangkok and recovered 19 vacuum‑sealed packets containing 20.366 kilograms of a green dried plant‑like substance.
- The passenger, a resident of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested and booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
- Officials said the interception followed specific intelligence inputs from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and profiling of incoming passengers.
- Customs has passed the case to the DRI to investigate wider network links after authorities noted similar concealment attempts on Bangkok‑to‑Ahmedabad routes in recent months.
- A senior official put the estimated illicit market value at about Rs 20 crore and said further arrests or leads may emerge as the DRI continues its probe.