Archive · 31 Jul 2026
21-Year-Old Arrested for Smuggling 2.4kg Marijuana at Mumbai Airport
A 21‑year‑old woman named Sonia Singh was caught at Mumbai airport.
She was traveling from Bangkok and had a trolley bag that looked normal but actually had hidden pockets.
Inside those pockets were two plastic packets of marijuana, about 2.4 kilograms in total.
Customs officers found the drugs and arrested her.
She admitted she was hiding the drugs to sell them, and the police are now looking for anyone else who helped her.
21‑year‑old Sonia Singh arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for smuggling 2,409 grams of marijuana from Bangkok.
Customs officials discovered false cavities in her trolley bag containing two plastic packets of cannabis.
The seized marijuana was identified as ganja, covered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Singh admitted concealment and non‑declaration in a voluntary statement and was remanded to judicial custody.
Investigation is ongoing, with authorities seeking other involved parties and supply chain details.
- Who
- Sonia Singh, a 21‑year‑old woman from Rourkela, Odisha
- What
- Smuggling 2,409 grams of marijuana concealed in a trolley bag
- When
- July 31, 2026
- Where
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, India
- Why
- To sell the drugs for money, as admitted in her voluntary statement
- Arresting Authority
- Mumbai Airport Customs
- Drug Quantity
- 2,409 grams
- Drug Type
- Marijuana (ganja)
- Location of Arrest
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
- Legal Act
- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act