Bengaluru Customs seize 36.75 kg of hydroponic ganja in three airport seizures
Bengaluru Customs seized 36.75 kg of hydroponic ganja worth about ₹12.86 crore from three passengers arriving from Bangkok at Kempegowda International Airport on 6 and 8 November 2026. The accused in the 6 November 12 kg case was arrested under the NDPS Act, and officers said they were working to identify the source and the network.
🇮🇳 Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru, Karnataka · India
Bengaluru Customs officials seized36.75 kg of hydroponicganja from three
passengers arriving from Bangkok in separate interceptions at Kempegowda
International Airport on 6 and 8 November 2026.[1]Customs valued the haul at
approximately ₹12.86 crore.[1]
In the first two seizures on 6 November, officers intercepted passengers
arriving from Bangkok and recovered 15.75 kg and 12 kg of hydroponic ganja,
valued at ₹5.51 crore and ₹4.2 crore.[1]The contraband in those two cases was
concealed in the passengers’ checked-in baggage.[1]In a third seizure on 8
November, officers intercepted another passenger arriving from Bangkok and
recovered 9 kg of hydroponic ganja valued at ₹3.15 crore.[1]
The accused in the 6 November seizure of 12 kg of ganja was arrested under the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.[1]Further
investigation is under way to ascertain the source of the narcotics and identify
the network involved.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
36.75 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 128,600,000
Agency
Bengaluru Customs
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (36.75 kg)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Airport
Grown
Indoor
Charge
offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Case stage
Under investigation
Operation
6 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2026
Region
Karnataka
Route
Thailand → India
Sources
The Hinduthehindu.comBengaluru Customs seizes 36.75 kg of hydroponic ganja worth ₹12.86 crore in three operations
Open questions the AI reported
The report states only the 6 November 12 kg case led to an arrest; it does not say whether the passengers in the 15.75 kg and 9 kg seizures were arrested or released.
The kilogram total and ₹12.86 crore value are Customs' figures for the whole haul, formed from the 15.75 kg, 12 kg and 9 kg seizures stated in the article.
The three interceptions are separate cases at the same airport on 6 and 8 November, combined here because The Hindu reports them together as one Customs announcement.
The article gives no flight details, nationalities or court outcome, and Customs had not identified the source or network when it was published.
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