Police Narcotics Bureau officers arrested three Thai women at the arrival terminal of Bandaranaike International Airport in the early hours of 20 September 2026 after they arrived from Bangkok on Thai Airways flight TG-307, which landed at about 12.50 am.[1][2]
In the first operation a 38-year-old woman was found with 3.22 kg of kush and 1.852 kg of hashish; in the second a 31-year-old woman was found with 1.994 kg of kush and 620 g of hashish.[1][2] A 36-year-old woman on the same flight was detained for allegedly aiding and abetting the second suspect.[1][2] The drugs were sealed in airtight packaging made to resemble nutritional supplements and collagen products and bars of soap, with a combined 5.214 kg of kush and 2.472 kg of hashish valued at about Rs. 85 million.[1][2] The bureau was still establishing whether the two seizures were connected.[1][2]