Customs seize 15.3 kg of hydroponic ganja from Bangkok flyer at Bengaluru
Customs at Bengaluru's KIA intercepted a passenger arriving from Bangkok with 15.3 kg of hydroponic ganja worth Rs5.35 crore on 19 September 2026. The passenger was arrested under the NDPS Act as part of a wider airport roundup.
🇮🇳 Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Karnataka · India
Customs officers at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru seized80.1 kg of hydroponicganja worth Rs28.01 crore from seven passengers in five cases, Deccan Herald reported on 22 September.[1]
This report covers one of those cases.[1]On 19 September, customs intercepted a passenger arriving from Bangkok and seized 15.3 kg of hydroponic ganja worth Rs5.35 crore.[1]The passenger was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.[1]
The same roundup lists a 26.8 kg seizure from two more Bangkok passengers on the same day and a 36 kg seizure from another Bangkok pair.[1]It also lists a 2 kg seizure from a Vietnam arrival and gold seizures from Kuala Lumpur and Abu Dhabi arrivals, which are not cannabis and are left out here.[1]
Case data
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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.
Police in Bihar's Kosi division seized 8,254.794 kilograms of ganja during an ongoing anti-narcotics campaign across Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura districts launched in February 2026. Authorities sent 2,717 suspected traffickers to jail across all contraband categories, with recent weekly operations recovering another 52.1 kg of ganja and arresting 13 people on dry-narcotics offences.
A joint GRP, RPF and NCB team seized 31.15 kg of ganja in seven packets from a minor carrying two bags on train No. 19484 at Ara Junction. The child was sent to a remand home for production before the Juvenile Justice Board.