Two held with 12.1 kg and 15.5 kg ganja at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru Customs arrested Myanmar national Thein Htet Aung and Viveknagar resident Micheal Arokiyanathan at Kempegowda International Airport after seizing 12.1 kg and 15.5 kg of hydroponic ganja from Bangkok arrivals. The seizures were valued at Rs 4.2 crore and Rs 5.4 crore, and both men were held under the NDPS Act 1985.
🇮🇳 Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru · India
Bengaluru Customs officers at Kempegowda International Airport on Sunday
apprehended a Myanmar national attempting to smuggle 12.1 kg of hydroponicganja.[1]The apprehended Myanmar national was identified as 28-year-old Thein
Htet Aung.[1]Sleuths intercepted Aung after suspecting him while he tried to
exit the airport’s Terminal 2 after arriving from Bangkok.[1]Customs also
intercepted Viveknagar resident Micheal Arokiyanathan with 15.5 kg of hydro
ganja while he was arriving from Bangkok.[1]
Aung had boarded Thai Airways flight TG 325 from Bangkok at around 9.50 pm on
Saturday and landed at Bengaluru by 12 am on Sunday.[1]The ganja was fully
concealed in his baggage to evade detection.[1]Customs estimated the 12.1-kgseizure to be valued at Rs 4.2 crore.[1]The 15.5-kg seizure was valued at Rs
5.4 crore.[1]
A customs official said this was the first time a person from Myanmar had been
detected smuggling ganja to Bengaluru.[1]Both accused were arrested under the
NDPS Act 1985.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article was published on 21 October 2026 and dates the interception only to Sunday, with a Saturday-night flight landing by 12 am Sunday, so 18 October 2026 is used as the incident date by inference.
The figures of 27.6 kg and Rs 9.6 crore are sums of the separately stated 12.1-kg and 15.5-kg seizures and values, not a separately published total.
No flight details, concealment method or separate interception date were published for the second passenger.
No court outcome beyond arrest under the NDPS Act 1985 was reported.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching for a second account.
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