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The suspects were charged with applicable sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. (Representational Image)
Customs officials Sunday arrested 2 passengers astatine the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airdrome for allegedly smuggling 22.39 kg hydroponic weed (marijuana) worthy Rs 22.39 crore from Bangkok.
Customs section connected Monday said that based connected rider profiling, their officials detained 2 suspects successful 2 antithetic cases astatine the metropolis airport, wherever they had arrived from Bangkok.
According to officials, they recovered suspected hydroponic weed weighing 8.337 kg from 1 passenger. The illicit marketplace worth of the recovered contraband is astir Rs 8.33 crore.
When officials examined the 2nd rider 14.062 kg of the aforesaid narcotic substance worthy Rs 14.06 crore was recovered.
“The passengers had concealed the contraband successful vacuum-sealed packets and wrong nutrient packets kept successful their baggage,” a customs authoritative said.
The 2 passengers were placed nether apprehension aft thorough interrogation. They were charged with applicable sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for smuggling commercialized quantity of drugs.
The customs officials are further interrogating the 2 accused astir their associates and besides checking however overmuch wealth they received for smuggling the contraband to India.
Investigators are besides scrutinising their question past to ascertain if they had smuggled contraband successful the past, different customs serviceman said.
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