Passenger held at Pune airport with hashish hidden in shoe soles
Customs officers at Pune's Lohegaon airport arrested a passenger arriving from Bangkok on 27 October 2026 after finding suspected hashish concealed in the soles of his sports shoes. The seizure, put at about 387 grams and worth an estimated ₹13.44 lakh, was made after intelligence-led profiling; he was remanded to judicial custody until 7 November.
🇮🇳 Pune International Airport, Lohegaon, Pune, Maharashtra · India
Customs officers at Pune’s Lohegaon airport arrested an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok on 27 October 2026 after finding suspected hashish hidden in his footwear.[1][2]The arrest came late on Tuesday after intelligence-led profiling raised suspicion among airport staff.[1]
Officers first searched the cabin baggage and found nothing, then noticed the man’s black sports shoes felt unusually heavy with noticeably thick soles.[1]Inside specially built cavities in the inner soles they found packets wrapped in black cloth and secured with red adhesive tape.[1]Field testing showed the packets held a dark, waxy substance identified as cannabis extract.[1][2]
Mirror Now put the seized quantity at 387.21 grams with an estimated street value of about ₹13.44 lakh, seized under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1]A second account gave the weight as 381.27 grams.[2][3]The passenger, described only as a resident of Ulhasnagar, was presented before a judicial magistrate and remanded to judicial custody until 7 November 2026 as inquiries continue.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
387.21 g
Value (official estimate)
INR 1,344,000
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Hashish
Setting
Airport
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Thailand → India
Sources
Mirror Nowmirrornow.inPune Customs Arrests Passenger Smuggling Hashish in Customised Footwear
Inshortsinshorts.comBangkok passenger arrested at Pune airport with hashish in shoes
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