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Chennai Customs Seize Hydroponic Ganja Worth Rs 5.26 Crore
Customs officers at Chennai airport stopped a passenger who had flown in from Bangkok.
He tried to leave without telling customs what he was carrying.
Officers searched his checked baggage and found 26 packets hidden inside Thai food packages.
The packets contained a substance suspected to be hydroponically grown ganja.
The substance weighed 15.02 kilograms and tested positive for ganja or marijuana.
Customs said its estimated illicit-market value was about Rs 5.26 crore.
The drugs were seized under India’s NDPS Act.
The passenger was arrested and sent to judicial custody while the investigation continues.
Customs warned people not to carry unknown bags in exchange for travel or money.
Chennai Customs officers intercepted a passenger arriving from Bangkok on October 2.
The passenger tried to leave through the Green Channel without declaring his baggage.
Officers found 26 packets concealed inside Thai food packages, weighing 15.02 kilograms in total.
The substance tested positive for ganja/marijuana and was seized under the NDPS Act.
Customs valued the drugs at approximately Rs 5.26 crore; the passenger was arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
- Who
- Chennai Customs officers intercepted a male passenger arriving from Bangkok.
- What
- They seized 15.02 kilograms of ganja concealed in 26 packets; the passenger was arrested.
- Where
- Chennai International Airport, Chennai, India.
- When
- The passenger arrived on October 2; Customs reported the seizure on Sunday.
- Why
- Customs intercepted the passenger based on passenger profiling; the articles do not state a further motive.
Key facts
- Quantity
- 15.02 kilograms
- Number of packets
- 26 transparent airtight packets
- Concealment
- Inside Thai food packets
- Estimated illicit-market value
- Approximately Rs 5.26 crore
- Route
- Passenger arrived from Bangkok
- Legal action
- Seized under the NDPS Act; passenger arrested and remanded to judicial custody
- Test
- Tested positive for ganja/marijuana using a Narcotic Drug Detection Kit
Sources
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