DRI seizes 8.7 kg hydroponic ganja worth Rs 3 cr at Hyderabad airport, 2 held

Indian authorities seized 8.705 kilograms of hydroponic ganja worth approximately Rs 3.05 crores at Hyderabad's international airport, arresting two passengers arriving from Bangkok.

The DRI on Wednesday said it has seized eight kgs of hydroponic ganja worth Rs 3 crore at the international airport here and arrested two persons.

Acting on specific intelligence, the officers of DRI, Hyderabad Zonal Unit intercepted two Indian passengers arriving from Bangkok on May 19 at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

During systematic examination of their check-in baggage, 24 blackcoloured packets containing greenish, lumpy substance with a sharp, pungent odour was recovered, a DRI release said.

The packets were concealed inside insulated water bottles, a potato snack tin, and multiple food tin boxes/plastic/cardboard boxes. The recovered substance weighed a total of 8.705 Kgs and tested positive for ganja, marijuana through the Narcotic Drug Detection Kit, it said.

Accordingly, 8.705 kg of high-grade cannabis (hydroponic ganja), valued at approximately Rs 3.05 crores in the illicit market was seized and both the passengers were arrested under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.

Further investigation to identify the source and network is in progress, the DRI added.