Bangkok passenger held with 8.913 kg of marijuana at Ahmedabad airport
Ahmedabad Customs arrested a Mumbai resident arriving from Bangkok on Thai Airways flight TG-343 on 21 September 2026 after 8.913 kg of hydroponic marijuana in 14 packets was found in his baggage. The haul was valued at about Rs 8.9 crore and seized under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad · India
Acting on passenger profiling, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit
intercepted a male Mumbai resident after he arrived at Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel International Airport on Thai Airways flight TG-343 from Bangkok on 21
September 2026.[1][2]A detailed check of his check-in baggage found a
green-coloured substance hidden among clothes in 14 airtight plastic packets.[1][2]
The substance tested positive for ganja on an NDPS field-testing kit, and its
weight was recorded as 8.913 kg.[1][2]Customs officials valued the haul at
about Rs 8.9 crore, seized it under the NDPS Act, 1985, and arrested the
passenger.[1][2]Investigators are examining his travel history and links to
establish the source and destination of the consignment.[1][2]
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Customs officers with the seized hydroponic marijuana packetsPhoto details
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