Chennai Customs arrests Bangkok flyer with 1.5 kg hydroponic ganja
Chennai Customs officers arrested a man arriving from Bangkok after finding 10 sealed packets holding 1.478 kg of high-grade hydroponic cannabis in his suitcase at Chennai airport. News Today valued the haul at ₹51.7 lakh, while Dinakaran put it at ₹1.5 crore and reported that an international gang had recruited him with a free trip to Thailand.
🇮🇳 Chennai International Airport, Meenambakkam · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 1.478 kg
Chennai Customs’ Air Intelligence Unit stopped a man aged about 30 who had
arrived from Bangkok at Chennai International Airport after he tried to leave
without reporting for customs inspection.[1] The flight from Bangkok landed at
midnight, according to Dinakaran.[2][3] The man gave contradictory answers when
officers questioned him.[2][3] A search of his suitcase found 10 airtight packets
of processed, high-grade hydroponic cannabis.[1] Officers seized it and
arrested him.[2][3]
Dinakaran put its value at ₹1.5 crore.[2][3]
Dinakaran reported that an international drug gang offered the man free flights
abroad and sightseeing, and he travelled to Thailand on that promise.[2][3]
Customs officials are investigating whether he was carrying the drugs for an
international trafficking network.[1] They are also investigating who arranged
the shipment, who was to receive it in Chennai and who sent him to Thailand.[1]
Sources
- Hydroponic cannabis worth Rs 51.7 lakh seized at Chennai airport. News Today, 31 October 2026.
- தாய்லாந்தில் இருந்து சென்னைக்கு விமானத்தில் கடத்தி வந்த ரூ.1.5 கோடி உயர்ரக க*சா பறிமுதல்: வாலிபர் கைது. Dinakaran, 31 October 2026. In Tamil.
- தாய்லாந்தில் இருந்து சென்னைக்கு விமானத்தில் கடத்தி வந்த ரூ.1.5 கோடி உயர்ரக க*சா பறிமுதல்: வாலிபர் கைது. Dinakaran, 31 October 2026. In Tamil.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no precise date: Dinakaran says the flight landed at 'midnight yesterday', so the seizure took place on the night of 30–31 October 2026; 31 October is used here.
- The man is not named, and neither report says whether he was charged or appeared in court.
- The reports give different values for the haul, ₹51.7 lakh in News Today and ₹1.5 crore in Dinakaran; no value is recorded in the figures.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in News Today: The cannabis weighed 1.478 kg.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in News Today: News Today estimated the haul at ₹51.7 lakh.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dinakaran: The gang then gave him the suitcase of cannabis the next day and sent him back to Chennai as a courier.
