Hydroponic weed worth Rs 3.72 cr seized from Bangkok passenger
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The Indian national arriving from Bangkok was intercepted by officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) and Airport Batch of Pune Customs on the evening of November 4.
Packed inside two packets of noodles and then concealed in packets of durian fruit snacks, this was the elaborate concealment method used by drug traffickers to smuggle high-value hydroponic weed from Bangkok into India, police officials said. However, the attempt was foiled by Pune Customs officials, who seized 10.64 kg of the contraband, estimated to be worth Rs 3.72 crore, at Pune International Airport.
The Indian national arriving from Bangkok was intercepted by officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) and Airport Batch of Pune Customs on the evening of November 4. The passenger was intercepted based on passenger profiling and suspicious images detected during the scanning of his check-in baggage.
In its press statement, Pune Customs said, “Following statutory procedures under the NDPS Act, 1985, the officers carried out a detailed examination of the passenger’s luggage. A novel modus operandi was unearthed during the search of the check-in trolley bag, where the passenger attempted to conceal illicit narcotics under the guise of commercial food items. The contraband was hidden amidst packets of noodles, packaged inside 09 rectangular silver-coloured packets bearing retail labels of ‘Freeze Dried Monthong Durian,’ each further lined with two layers of vacuum-sealed black polythene to mask detection.”
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