Passenger held with over 20 kg of marijuana at Ahmedabad airport

A man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested at Ahmedabad airport for allegedly possessing over 20 kg of marijuana, which was seized from his luggage after a Customs official's interception.

A man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested for alleged possession of more than 20 kg of marijuana at the Ahmedabad airport, a Customs official said on Friday.

Personnel from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department intercepted a passenger after he arrived at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport from Bangkok, Thailand, on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, the official said.

''Based on specific intelligence from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and passenger profiling, officers of AIU caught the accused, a native of Saharanpur (UP), who travelled on a Thai Airways flight, and seized 19 vacuum-sealed packets containing green-coloured dried plant-like substance from his trolley bag,'' he said.

The material was found to be marijuana after testing, and the passenger was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the official said.