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Home | Crime | Marijuana Worth Rs 7 Crore Seized At Hyderabad Airport

Marijuana worth Rs 7 crore seized at Hyderabad airport

Acting on specific inputs, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized the drugs, around 7.09 kg of hydroponic weed, from two Indian passengers who arrived from Bangkok at the RGIA

By Telangana Today
Published Date - 1 November 2024, 07:23 PM
Marijuana worth Rs 7 crore seized at Hyderabad airport
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Hyderabad: Two international flyers who attempted to smuggle in drugs valued at Rs.7 crore hidden in cornflakes packets, were intercepted and arrested at the Hyderabad airport.

Acting on specific inputs, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized the drugs, around 7.09 kg of hydroponic weed, from two Indian passengers who arrived from Bangkok at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here. The officials put the value of the drugs illicit market as Rs.7 crore.


After intercepting the passengers, a systematic search of their check-in luggage revealed 13 vacuum-packed packets inside cornflakes packets and a field test kit revealed it to be hydroponic weed.

The passengers were arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 and sent to judicial custody.

Meanwhile, the Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau seized 155 grams of MDMA and arrested a peddler hailing from Rajasthan, under the limits of Chandanagar Police Station of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate.

According to police, Krishna Ram, who arrived from Rajasthan on Thursday carried and MDMA with him and acting on specific information, Anti-Narcotics Bureau officials arrested him at Lingampalli. The seized drug is estimated to be valued at Rs 18 lakh.

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