Customs seizes hydroponic weed valued at Rs 20 crore at Mumbai airport

The Customs seized hydroponic weed valued at nearly Rs 20 crore and USD 1 lakh in cash in three separate cases over the last two days at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here, an official said on Saturday.

The Customs seized hydroponic weed valued at nearly Rs 20 crore and USD 1 lakh in cash in three separate cases over the last two days at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here, an official said on Saturday. The passengers were intercepted based on the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) profiling and specific intelligence. In the first case, USD 1 lakh was recovered from a passenger who had arrived from Jamnagar and was scheduled to depart for Dubai. Two separate seizures of hydroponic weed were made from passengers arriving from Bangkok -- 17.915 kg of weed worth Rs 17.91 crore from a passenger on a Thai Airways flight, and 1.9 kg of weed worth Rs 1.9 crore from two passengers on an Air India flight, the official said. Further investigations are underway, the official added.