Customs seize 36 kg of hydroponic ganja from two Bangkok passengers at Bengaluru
Customs at Bengaluru's KIA intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok with 36 kg of hydroponic ganja worth Rs12.57 crore. Both were arrested under the NDPS Act; the case is part of a wider 80.1 kg roundup reported on 22 September 2026.
🇮🇳 Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Karnataka · India
Customs officers at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) 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. Customs intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok and found 36 kg of hydroponic ganja in their possession.[1][2]The consignment was valued at Rs12.57 crore.[1][2]Both passengers were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.[1][2]
The article dates two other cannabis cases, 15.3 kg from one Bangkok passenger and 26.8 kg from two more, to 19 September.[1]It dates a 2 kg case from a Vietnam arrival to the Monday of publication week.[1]Those are separate events from this 36 kg interception.[1]The same roundup also lists gold seizures, 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.