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Passenger from Bangkok held at Mumbai airport with 3 kg of marijuana worth Rs 3.46 crore

Updated on: 15 October,2024 09:33 PM IST  |  Mumbai
Prasun Choudhari | mailbag@mid-day.com

In another case, a passenger who had arrived from Dubai was intercepted at Mumbai airport for possession of 24-Kt smuggled Gold Bars, collectively weighing 525 gram

Passenger from Bangkok held at Mumbai airport with 3 kg of marijuana worth Rs 3.46 crore

Gold bars, concealed in a sewing machine, were seized from a passenger from Dubai.

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Based on profiling, custom officers of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai, intercepted a passenger who arrived from Bangkok and seized 3.46 kg of marijuana, estimated to be around ₹ 3.46 crore, from him.


The contraband was concealed in food packets which were placed inside a trolley bag carried by a passenger.


The passenger has been arrested under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.


In another case, a passenger who had arrived from Dubai was intercepted at Mumbai airport for possession of 24-Kt smuggled Gold Bars, collectively weighing 525 gram. The gold bars, valued at Rs 38,17,614, were concealed inside a sewing machine kept inside a trolley bag, which the passenger was carrying. The machine was cut open by customs officers to unearth the hidden gold bars.

 

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