Overview
- Operations from December 3 to 10 at Mumbai’s airport recovered 43.263 kg of suspected hydroponic weed, including 37.26 kg from nine Bangkok arrivals and another 6 kg from three passengers intercepted on specific intelligence.
- Smugglers used tactics such as hiding marijuana in trolley bags tagged to other flights and packing it inside lumps of tamarind to evade detection under NDPS provisions.
- Customs booked four gold cases totaling Rs 1.51 crore and one diamond case worth Rs 87.75 lakh, adding to the multi-pronged seizures at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
- At Pune International Airport, the AIU arrested a Bangkok passenger after finding about 2.299 kg of hydroponic marijuana sealed inside checked baggage.
- The DRI’s Operation Hinterland Brew near Wardha seized 128 kg of mephedrone and 245 kg of precursors and arrested three suspects, as probes continue to map the trafficking and manufacturing networks.