Rs 4 crore worth marijuana concealed in trolley bag seized at Delhi airport; two held

Customs officers at IGI Airport Delhi have seized over four kilogrammes of suspected marijuana valued at Rs 4 crore from an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok, and arrested another person who had allegedly come to receive the consignment, officials said on Wednesday.

The passenger arrived at Terminal 3 of the airport on May 12 and was intercepted “based on profiling”, an official statement said.

While examining the passenger’s baggage, the officers recovered four polythene pouches containing green coloured narcotic substance “suspected to be ganja/marijuana” concealed inside a rose gold-coloured trolley bag, the statement said.

“The recovered substance weighed 4,024 grams in total and is estimated to be worth approximately Rs 4.024 crore in the illicit market,” it said.

Custom officials said one person was also apprehended during the operation, who had come to receive the contraband.

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Both, the passenger and the alleged receiver, were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on May 12, the statement said.

The seized narcotic substance, along with the packaging material, has been confiscated, it added.