Passenger held with 14.94 kg hydroponic ganja at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru Customs intercepted a passenger arriving from Bangkok at Kempegowda International Airport on 1 November 2026 and arrested the passenger under the NDPS Act. Officers seized 14.940 kg of hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 5.23 crore concealed in vacuum-sealed packets in a bag.
🇮🇳 Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru · India
On 1 November 2026, Bengaluru Customs officers intercepted at Kempegowda
International Airport in Bengaluru a passenger who had arrived from Bangkok.[1][2][3]Officials said on Monday that the passenger who arrived from Bangkok was
held at Kempegowda International Airport with hydroponicganja valued at Rs 5.23
crore.[4]
During the interception on 1 November, officers seized14.940 kg of hydroponic
ganja, which Bengaluru Customs valued at Rs 5.23 crore.[1][2][3]The seized drug was
concealed in vacuum-sealed packets containing green-coloured chunks that were
hidden inside a bag belonging to the passenger.[1][2][3]
Bengaluru Customs announced the case in a post on social media platform X,
stating that the Bangkok passenger was intercepted on 1 November and that the
vacuum-sealed packets with green-coloured chunks were found hidden inside a bag.[1][3]Officials said the seizure led to an arrest under the NDPS Act.[4][2][3]The
reports identify Bengaluru Customs as the intercepting agency and Kempegowda
International Airport as the place of the seizure.[1][3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
14.94 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 52,300,000
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Airport
Grown
Indoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Thailand → India
Sources
Rediffrediff.comPassenger Held At Bengaluru Airport With Rs 5.23 Crore Hydroponic Ganja
Rediffm.rediff.comPassenger Held At Bengaluru Airport With Rs 5.23 Crore Hydroponic Ganja
MSNmsn.comPassenger held at Bengaluru airport with hydroponic ganja worth Rs 5.23 cr
The reports do not name the passenger or give age, sex, nationality or flight details.
No court outcome beyond the reported arrest was published.
The second outlet republishes the same PTI account and adds no independent detail.
The MSN page, like the earlier copies, is a syndicated version of the same PTI wire text rather than an independent account; the direct Bengaluru Customs post on X was not opened.
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