In the first case, Customs officers intercepted three passengers who had arrived from Bangkok on flight VZ760. Upon checking their baggage, authorities found 1.990 kg of suspected hydroponic weed, concealed in vacuum-sealed black and transparent plastic packets hidden inside their trolley bags
The three passengers were arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Representational Pic
In a major anti-narcotics operation, officers from the Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III, seized 8.012 kg of suspected hydroponic marijuana valued at approximately Rs 8 crore during multiple operations conducted at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) between July 29 and 30, according to an official statement.
The seizures were made in four separate cases, leading to the arrest of four passengers. The action was based on specific intelligence inputs, the release noted, as per the news agency ANI.
In the first case, Customs officers intercepted three passengers who had arrived from Bangkok on flight VZ760. Upon checking their baggage, authorities found 1.990 kg of suspected hydroponic weed, concealed in vacuum-sealed black and transparent plastic packets hidden inside their trolley bags. The seized narcotics are estimated to be worth around Rs 2 crore in the illicit market.
The three passengers were arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
In a separate operation based on passenger profiling, Customs officials intercepted another passenger arriving from Bangkok on flight number 6E1060. During the examination of the baggage, the Customs officers recovered 6.022 kg of suspected hydroponic weed, worth an estimated Rs 6 crore in the illicit market. The narcotic substances were cleverly concealed inside the checked-in trolley bag carried by the passenger, according to the news agency ANI.
The individual was also arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985, the press release stated.
Mumbai Police bust Rs 2 cr Tramadol racket; 3 arrested with "ISIS drug" stash
In another similar case, the Mumbai Police's Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) arrested three people in the Andheri JB circle area for possessing over Rs two crore worth of the "ISIS drug" Tramadol tablets, police officials said on Tuesday, reported news agency ANI.
Sources said that based on the information received by the Azad Maidan unit of Mumbai ANC, the ANC team raided the Andheri JB Circle area and arrested three people and recovered 1,11,440 Tramadol tablets from them, reported ANI.
The arrested accused have been identified as Pratik Upadhyay, Yogesh Singh, and Bhavesh Shah. "They used to supply drugs through couriers," the sources told ANI.
The value of the seized drugs in the international market is Rs 2 crore, the sources told ANI.
(With ANI inputs)
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