Archive · 16 Jan 2026
Two held with Rs 2.18 crore ganja at Bengaluru Airport
Two people were caught at the Bengaluru airport with a large amount of a special kind of marijuana called hydroponic ganja.
They had 6.24 kg of it, which is worth a lot of money, around Rs 2.18 crore.
The customs officials stopped them when they arrived from Bangkok and arrested them.
This kind of drug is illegal, so they were arrested under a special law called the NDPS Act.
Two passengers were intercepted at Bengaluru Airport with 6.24 kg of hydroponic ganja.
The seized ganja is valued at Rs 2.18 crore.
The passengers arrived from Bangkok.
Bengaluru Customs arrested the accused under the NDPS Act, 1985.
The seizure was announced by Bengaluru Customs on social media platform X.
- Who
- Two passengers arriving from Bangkok
- What
- Seizure of 6.24 kg hydroponic ganja
- When
- January 15, 2024
- Where
- Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
- Why
- To prevent illegal drug trafficking
- Location
- Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
- Date
- January 15, 2024
- Drug Seized
- 6.24 kg hydroponic ganja
- Estimated Value
- Rs 2.18 crore
- Act
- NDPS Act, 1985
- Source
- Bengaluru Customs