IGI Airport Customs Seize 17.72 kg of Suspected Hydroponic Cannabis
An admission by a spot‑profiled courier has prompted an NDPS case and opened an active probe to trace a suspected cross‑border smuggling network.
Overview
- Customs officials at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport recovered 17.720 kg of suspected hydroponic cannabis concealed inside checked baggage after X‑ray screening raised suspicions.
- Officers had kept one international passenger under discreet surveillance and spot‑profiled a second arriving passenger who was crossing the green channel with an untagged bag.
- During a search customs recovered baggage tags and the spot‑profiled passenger admitted he had been instructed to collect the bag booked in the name of the surveilled passenger.
- The seized material was described as hydroponic weed with packing material, a drug‑smuggling case was registered under the NDPS Act, and probes are ongoing to identify others in the alleged network.
- The green channel is meant for passengers with nothing to declare and is often exploited by couriers; customs use profiling, surveillance and X‑ray checks to detect concealed contraband under NDPS enforcement rules.