Bangkok courier held with 12.86 kg of marijuana at Delhi airport
Delhi Customs arrested an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok on 6 October 2026 after 13 pouches of marijuana weighing 12.86 kg, worth about Rs 4.5 crore, were found in his trolley bag at Terminal 3. A case was registered under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 IGI Airport Terminal 3, New Delhi · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 12.9 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 45,000,000
Delhi Customs officers stopped an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok on Air India flight
AI-2335 at Terminal 3 of IGI Airport on 6 October 2026 after targeted profiling.[1][2] He
was diverted at the Green Channel, and examination of his metallic silver trolley bag revealed
13 polythene pouches of suspected ganja weighing 12,859.5 grams, valued at about Rs 4.5 crore.[1][2]
The passenger was arrested, with the arrest recorded under Section 43(B) of the NDPS Act and
the substance seized under Section 43(A); a case was registered under Sections 8, 20, 23 and
29.[2] Further investigation is under way.[1][2]
Sources
- Passenger arriving from Bangkok arrested with marijuana worth Rs 4.5 crore at Delhi's IGI Airport. The Tribune, 10 October 2026.
- Delhi: Customs at IGI Airport seize marijuana worth Rs 4.5 crore; passenger arrested. ANI, 10 October 2026. Read via the APNA MA TV mirror of the ANI wire report.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports do not say what happened to the passenger after the arrest or whether a court has remanded him.