Chennai Customs arrest woman from Kuala Lumpur with 4.877 kg hydroponic ganja
Customs officers at Chennai International Airport arrested a 28-year-old Indian woman on 31 October 2026 after she arrived from Kuala Lumpur with 4.877 kg of high-grade hydroponic cannabis hidden in food packets in her luggage. The haul was valued at ₹1.71 crore and seized under the NDPS Act; officers are investigating whether she was linked to a trafficking gang and who was to receive it.
🇮🇳 Chennai International Airport, Meenambakkam · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 4.877 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 17,100,000
Customs officers at Chennai International Airport arrested a young woman who had
arrived from Malaysia.[1] She had flown in from the capital, Kuala Lumpur, and
was 28 years old.[1] Hindustan Times described her as an Indian woman.[2]
She tried to leave the airport without passing through customs inspection, and
officers stopped her and searched her suitcase and handbag.[1]
The search found 4.877 kg of high-grade hydroponic cannabis in 23 packets
disguised as food.[1] Daily Thanthi put its international value at ₹1.71
crore.[1] Hindustan Times reported that the drug was in 15 transparent packets
concealed inside eight food packets in her checked-in trolley bag.[2]
An official said further investigation was under way.[2] Customs’ intelligence
wing had put the airport under watch after a tip-off that narcotics were being
brought into Chennai from abroad.[1]
Sources
- சென்னை விமான நிலையத்தில் ரூ.1.71 கோடி உயர்ரக கஞ்சா பறிமுதல்: இளம்பெண் கைது. Daily Thanthi, 31 October 2026. In Tamil.
- Customs seize ganja worth ₹1.71 crore at Chennai airport; woman arrested. Hindustan Times, 1 November 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- Hindustan Times gives 4,000 grams in its opening sentence but 4,877 grams later; the report uses 4,877 grams, which Daily Thanthi also gives.
- The reports describe the concealment differently: Daily Thanthi says 23 packets disguised as food, while Hindustan Times says 15 transparent packets inside eight food packets.
- Neither report names the woman or says whether she has been charged or brought before a court.
- Hindustan Times also reports a separate 1,478 g seizure at the airport on 29 October; it is a different event and is left out of this report.
- Neither page carried a photograph of the seizure itself; the Daily Thanthi image shows the airport terminal and Hindustan Times used a representative photo.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Hindustan Times: Customs seized the cannabis under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Daily Thanthi: Officers questioned the woman about whether she had links to an international drug-trafficking gang and whom she intended to deliver the cannabis to.
