Overview
- At Pune International Airport, Air Intelligence Unit officers arrested a passenger from an Air India Express Bangkok flight and seized 960 grams of hydroponic marijuana valued at about Rs 33.6 lakh.
- In a separate case at Ahmedabad Airport, customs officers acting on a DRI tip-off arrested two passengers from Bangkok and recovered 2.254 kg of hydroponic cannabis worth roughly Rs 2 crore.
- Officers found the Pune consignment packed in two transparent vacuum-sealed packets wrapped in carbon paper to foil X-ray scans, while the Ahmedabad haul was split into eight vacuum-sealed packets.
- Cases have been registered under the NDPS Act, and officials say they are working to identify the source of the drugs, local handlers, and any links to a wider smuggling network.
- Hydroponic marijuana is a higher-potency, indoor-grown form of cannabis that commands premium prices, which helps explain the high value of small seizures and may prompt tighter checks on Bangkok routes.