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Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Mumbai: Rs 25 crore worth of hydrohonic weed seized at airport; 3 arrested
NEW DELHI: The customs officials at Mumbai international airport seized hydrohonic weed of worth nearly Rs 25 crore on Thursday. Three people have been arrested by the officials. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Hydroponic weed refers to cannabis that is grown without soil, using a nutrient-rich water solution to deliver essential minerals directly to the plant roots. Last month, Air intelligence unit (AIU) officers with the customs department seized 5.25kg of hydroponic weed (ganja) worth Rs 5 crore from a passenger at the Coimbatore airport and arrested a 24-year-old native of Kerala for smuggling the same into the country from Bangkok in Thailand. Trichy Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate on Thursday posted a message on its X handle, stating the AIU officers, in coordination with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, nabbed Muhammad Fazil, 24, of Villiappally in Kozhikode district in Kerala, at the Coimbatore airport around 11.30pm on Wednesday with more than 5kg hydroponic ganja based on intelligence inputs from the Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management in Delhi. He arrived at the airport from Bangkok via Singapore by Scoot Airlines. Unlike regular ganja, hydroponic ganja is cultivated in a controlled atmosphere and is highly potent. Cocktail varieties are known for their different flavours and effects on smokers and were not easily available in India. Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Chennai zone's Director P Aravindhan said, "The tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content in hydroponic ganja is 30% compared to 3% found in regular ganja smuggled from Andhra Pradesh. It is this content that makes it as potent as cocaine and drives those consuming it to become addictive." However, NCB has not come across the prevalence of hydroponic ganja consumption unlike synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Time of India
Kerala youth held with 5 crore worth hydroponic weed at Coimbatore airport
Coimbatore: Air intelligence unit (AIU) officers with the customs department on Wednesday night seized 5.25kg of hydroponic weed (ganja) worth Rs5 crore from a passenger at the city airport and arrested a 24-year-old native of Kerala on Thursday for smuggling the same into the country from Bangkok in Thailand. Trichy Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate on Thursday posted a message on its X handle, stating the AIU officers, in coordination with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, nabbed Muhammad Fazil, 24, of Villiappally in Kozhikode district in Kerala, at the Coimbatore airport around 11.30pm on Wednesday with more than 5kg hydroponic ganja based on intelligence inputs from the Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management in Delhi. He arrived at the airport from Bangkok via Singapore by Scoot Airlines. Officials subsequently seized the contraband and arrested Muhammad Fazil under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the customs act. He was produced before the chief judicial magistrate court on Thursday afternoon and remanded in judicial custody. According to police officers, hydroponics is a cultivation method that commonly uses water with added nutrients, rather than soil. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Switch to UnionBank Rewards Card UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo Hydroponics weed is grown indoors in a fully controlled environment. "Mostly, this drug is smuggled from Bangkok in Thailand. Two days ago, the AIU team had arrested a passenger who arrived from Bangkok via Singapore by Scoot Airlines at the Trichy airport with three kilograms of hydroponic weed. On April 23, the AIU arrested another passenger, who travelled from Bangkok via Colombo, at Trichy airport with 9.9kg of hydroponic weed worth almost Rs10 crore. Similar hydroponic weed smuggling cases have been reported from airports located in Kerala and other states in the country," said a senior police officer.
The Hindu
22-05-2025
- The Hindu
Customs officials seize ganja from passenger at Coimbatore airport
Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit of Customs have seized 5.25 kg of hydroponic weed (ganja), worth almost ₹5 crore, from Muhammad Fazil who arrived at Coimbatore International Airport on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from Bangkok. The officers, based on intelligence inputs from DD, DG Arm Delhi, in coordination with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, intercepted the passenger, a resident of Kozhikode, who arrived at Coimbatore airport from Bangkok via Singapore by flight TR 540. The officers seized the ganja from his checked-in baggage. Further investigation is in progress under the NDPS ACT, 1986, read with the Customs Act, 1962, according to the Customs.
