Two Bhutanese held at Mumbai airport with nearly 3 kg of cannabis
Mumbai Airport Customs arrested two Bhutanese nationals arriving from Bangkok in separate interceptions and seized about 2.95 kg of cannabis hidden in chocolate wrappers and carton boxes. Customs officers said international syndicates are recruiting Bhutanese citizens as couriers and that other handlers have yet to be traced.
🇮🇳 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai, Maharashtra · India
Arrested
2
Cannabis
2.952 kg
Air Intelligence Unit officers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International
Airport in Mumbai arrested two Bhutanese nationals who had arrived from Bangkok
on separate flights, and seized cannabis.[1]
In the first interception, officers acting on specific profiling stopped a
Bhutanese passenger identified as Tshegay as he arrived from Thailand.[1]Officers found seven vacuum-sealed packets concealed inside commercial chocolate
wrappers, holding 1,452 grams of cannabis.[1]Tshegay admitted the offence
during questioning and said he had been lured by the promise of “quick and easy
money”.[1]He was summoned, his statement recorded under the Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and he was arrested.[1]
Closely following the first interception, officers stopped a second Bhutanese
national, Tashi Tenzin, who had also flown into Mumbai from Bangkok.[1]A
search of Tenzin’s baggage found seven chocolate carton boxes holding another
consignment of approximately 1,500 grams of cannabis.[1]Tenzin was arrested
immediately after failing to give a legitimate explanation for the contraband.[1]
Together the two interceptions produced almost three kilograms of high-grade
cannabis, and Customs officials said the syndicates recruit nationals of
neighbouring countries such as Bhutan as mules by offering financial incentives.[1]A senior Customs officer said preliminary investigations and the accused
men’s statements show other foreign and local handlers are involved and have yet
to be traced.[1]
The article gives no calendar date for either interception and says only they happened "recently"; 4 November 2026 is the dateline of its text and is used as the incident date.
The two interceptions are not dated separately, so it is not known how far apart they occurred.
The cannabis weights are given per case as 1,452 grams and approximately 1,500 grams; the aggregate of about 2.95 kg is the sum of those figures, not a published total.
No illicit-market value, charges beyond the NDPS Act arrest, bail or court outcome were reported.
The article does not say whether the two men were connected to one another or to the same Bangkok syndicate.
Only one account of this event could be opened; no second outlet or Customs statement was accessible.
The lead photo is captioned as a representational image and is an older file, so it does not establish that it shows this seizure and no media entry is included.
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