09 May,2026 03:56 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai Customs recovered USD 100,000 (around Rs 93.45 lakh) from a passenger travelling from Jamnagar to Dubai via Mumbai. PIC/MUMBAI CUSTOMS
Customs Zone-III officers filed three cases during duty operations conducted on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, recovering suspected narcotics and foreign currency collectively worth crores of rupees.
According to a press note issued by the airport commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-3, one case was registered based on Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) profiling in which USD 100,000, equivalent to Rs 93.45 lakh, was recovered from a passenger who had arrived in Mumbai from Jamnagar and was scheduled to depart for Dubai on an Indigo Airlines flight.
In another case, customs officers recovered 17.915 kilograms of suspected narcotic substance, identified as hydroponic weed, valued at approximately Rs 17.915 crore from a passenger who arrived from Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight.
Based on specific intelligence, customs officers also booked another case in which 1.900 kilograms of suspected hydroponic weed worth around Rs 1.90 crore was recovered from two passengers who had arrived from Bangkok on an Air India flight.
Officers said further investigation into the cases is underway.
Delhi Customs officers have seized 34,935 grams of suspected hydroponic marijuana from two passengers who arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on a Bangkok flight.
The contraband was detected after the passengers were flagged through the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) profiling and intercepted by customs officers after they crossed the Green Channel at the airport.
According to officers, the passengers came under suspicion during routine profiling procedures carried out by customs authorities. Their baggage was subsequently subjected to X-ray screening, during which suspicious images were noticed by officers.
A detailed examination of the luggage led to the recovery of 31 vacuum-sealed packets containing a substance suspected to be hydroponic weed, commonly referred to as ganja or marijuana.
In an official statement, a Delhi Customs officer said, "On the basis of APIS profiling, two passengers travelling from Bangkok to Delhi by Flight No. TG-323 dated 08.05.2026 were intercepted by Customs officers after crossing the Customs Green Channel at Indira Gandhi International Airport."
Officers further stated that the recovered substance weighed a total of 34,935 grams, including the packing material.
"The total gross weight of the recovered substance was found to be 34,935 grams (including packing material). Prima facie, it appeared to be ganja/marijuana. The market value is approximately 34.935 crores in the market," the statement added.
Both passengers have been arrested under the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.
