DRI arrests man at Mumbai airport with cannabis worth Rs 5 crore

While searching his bags, DRI officials found nine vacuum packed silver coloured packets with different fruit markings on each bag.

The passenger was suspected to be carrying contraband in his baggage. (File/Representational Image)

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested an Indian national who arrived from Bangkok to Chhattrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Monday and recovered cannabis worth Rs 5 crore from his bag.

Officials said on Tuesday that on the basis of a specific intelligence, the DRI Mumbai zonal unit identified an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok. The passenger was suspected to be carrying contraband in his baggage.

While searching his bags, DRI officials found nine vacuum packed silver coloured packets with different fruit markings on each bag.

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Further, a greenish substance in lumps was recovered from all the nine packets, which when tested with field NDPS test kit, resulted positive for ganja (cannabis).

“The greenish substance in lumps form weighing 5.34 kg, valued at Rs 5 crore, has been seized and the passenger has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody, under the provisions of the NDPS Act,1985,” said the agency.

Investigators are trying to find out more details about the racket, it’s members and the handler of the arrested person.

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