Delhi customs find 148.67 kg of hydro weed hidden in Bangkok tube spools
Customs at Delhi's air cargo import complex seized 148.67 kg of hydroponic marijuana on 15 October 2026 from a Bangkok consignment declared as PU tubes, hidden inside 120 spools across 15 cartons. One person was arrested the same day; the ministry valued the load at about ₹52 crore with an estimated street value of ₹150 crore.
🇮🇳 Air Cargo Complex Import, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi · India
Acting on local intelligence, Customs officers at the Air Cargo Complex Import at Indira Gandhi
International Airport held a Bangkok shipment declared as PU tubes in 19 cartons.[1][2]Over
more than 72 hours they examined the load with the importer’s representative, broke open plastic
spools and found hidden packets of compacted green material in 15 cartons.[1][2]
Preliminary tests indicated ganja or marijuana; 120 spools held 148.67 kg of hydroponic weed,
the ministry said.[1][2]It valued the seizure at about ₹52 crore and put the estimated street
value at ₹150 crore, and seized the drugs and packaging under the NDPS Act.[1][2]
One person was arrested on 15 October 2026 and produced before a magistrate the same day.[1][2]Officers had also begun follow-up searches at five premises in three states.[1][2]
Case data
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Bengaluru city police seized 46 kg and 486 grams of ganja and 1 litre and 542 millilitres of hashish oil in raids across eleven police-station areas, an operation in which they arrested 34 people. Police valued all the narcotics seized, including MDMA and cocaine, at Rs 12.61 crore and registered cases under the NDPS Act.
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.
The Odisha Excise Department arrested 3,764 people in a month-long special enforcement drive from 10 October to 10 November 2026. Seizures included 3,201 kg of ganja, 6,366 grams of heroin and more than 4.28 lakh bulk litres of illicitly distilled liquor, with 7,826 cases registered.