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Hydroponic cannabis worth Rs 52 crore seized at Chennai, Delhi airports
Hydroponic cannabis worth Rs 52 crore seized at Chennai, Delhi airports
Customs officials at Delhi's IGI Airport seized 47.8 kg of hydroponic cannabis worth Rs 48 crore from two Thai nationals who arrived from Bangkok on May 22, officials said. The seizure is…
The Story in Brief
Customs officials at Delhi's IGI Airport seized 47.8 kg of hydroponic cannabis worth Rs 48 crore from two Thai nationals who arrived from Bangkok on May 22, officials said. The seizure is among the largest at any Indian airport in recent years. Delhi Airport Customs Commissioner Arvind Saran said the two passengers were intercepted after crossing the Green Channel. Six vacuum-sealed packets were recovered from their baggage.
In a separate incident, Chennai Customs seized 4.33 kg of hydroponic cannabis, valued at Rs 4 crore, from a Malaysian national who arrived from Bangkok on a tourist visa. The Air Intelligence Unit intercepted the 35-year-old after he gave contradictory replies. Four packets were found concealed in his suitcase. He was arrested under the NDPS Act and is suspected of working as a courier for an international drug trafficking network.
The Indian Opinion
The sheer scale of these seizures suggests the fight against drug smuggling is far from over. But the narrative that airports are porous or that customs is toothless doesn't match the arrests made here. The question is not whether customs can catch couriers, but whether the network behind them, the syndicates in Thailand and their Indian receivers, will be traced. That will be the real test of this operation.
Sources (2): deccanchronicle.com, millenniumpost.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
