Customs seize 12 kg and 6.54 kg of hydroponic ganja at Bengaluru airport
Customs at Bengaluru airport seized 12 kg and 6.54 kg of hydroponic ganja from two passengers arriving from Bangkok on 24 September 2026. The haul was valued at Rs6.49 crore; the same article's 18.09 kg pair is a separate event.
🇮🇳 Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Karnataka · India
Customs officers at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru reported two hydroponic-ganja interceptions from Bangkok arrivals on 24 September.[1]Rediff published the account on 28 September, dating the announcement to Monday and these two interceptions to 24 September.[1]
A passenger arriving from Bangkok was held after 12 kg of hydroponic ganja valued at Rs4.20 crore was found concealed in checked-in baggage.[1]On the same day, 6.54 kg valued at Rs2.29 crore was seized from another passenger who had also arrived from Bangkok.[1]
The same article also describes the seizure of 3.12 kg and 14.97 kg from two other Bangkok passengers, announced the following Monday; those are a separate event from these 24 September interceptions.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
18.54 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 64,900,000
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (18.54 kg)
Setting
Airport
Grown
Indoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Thailand → India
Sources
Rediffrediff.comArchived copyBengaluru Airport Drug Bust: Rs 6.33 Crore Hydroponic Ganja Seized From Bangkok Passengers
Open questions the AI reported
Only one source could be found for these two interceptions.
The article does not state under which law the two 24 September passengers were held or give a court outcome.
The same article's 3.12 kg and 14.97 kg seizures, announced the following Monday, are a separate event recorded separately.
Bengaluru city police seized 46 kg and 486 grams of ganja and 1 litre and 542 millilitres of hashish oil in raids across eleven police-station areas, an operation in which they arrested 34 people. Police valued all the narcotics seized, including MDMA and cocaine, at Rs 12.61 crore and registered cases under the NDPS Act.
Mahabubabad district police destroyed 99.688 kg of dry ganja, valued at Rs 49.84 lakh, seized in 19 NDPS cases. The court-approved disposal took place at a biomedical waste facility at Gopalpet in Khammam district under the district Drug Disposal Committee.
Gurgaon Traffic Police intercepted two people carrying cannabis at Nainwal Cut in Manesar and recovered 12kg, handing them to the local police station for investigation. The seizure was reported as part of traffic police crime-prevention work over the past 30 days.
The Odisha Excise Department arrested 3,764 people in a month-long special enforcement drive from 10 October to 10 November 2026. Seizures included 3,201 kg of ganja, 6,366 grams of heroin and more than 4.28 lakh bulk litres of illicitly distilled liquor, with 7,826 cases registered.