Overview
- Delhi Airport Customs recovered six vacuum‑sealed packets totalling about 6.02 kg of suspected hydroponic weed from a passenger arriving from Bangkok, with an estimated market value near Rs 2.1 crore and a case registered under the NDPS Act.
- Mumbai Airport Customs and the Air Intelligence Unit arrested M. B. Sutariya after finding eight packets weighing 834 grams concealed in a hidden cavity inside his baggage; the haul is valued at roughly Rs 83.4 lakh and his voluntary statement was recorded.
- Both interceptions were made through passenger profiling and X‑ray screening, with officers discovering contraband hidden as vacuum‑sealed pouches or beneath a sealed plastic board in checked luggage.
- Customs officials describe the investigations as preliminary and say they are working to identify and trace associates and supply links, which reporting connects to routes from Bangkok where similar seizures have occurred.
- Hydroponic weed is a higher‑potency form of cannabis grown without soil and often transported vacuum‑packed; those caught face prosecution under the NDPS Act and potential strict penalties if convicted.