2 Indonesian nationals possessing hydroponic weed worth Rs 21.55 crore arrested from Mumbai’s Jogeshwari

The Mumbai police on Friday arrested two Indonesian nationals from Jogeshwari (west) and seized 21.5kg of hydroponic weed worth Rs 21.55 crore from them. Police suspect the two are part of a bigger international syndicate.

According to police, officials from the Oshiwara police station recently received information of some foreigners possessing high quantity of drugs. Acting on the information, a team from Oshiwara police station, under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 9) Dixit Gedam, on Friday raided a house in Jogeshwari (west) and nabbed two Indonesian nationals, from whom they seized huge quantities of hydroponic weed. The two foreigners have been identified as Budi Wiyono (44), and Rakhmat Ardi Hidayat (39).

Both the accused have been booked under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Police suspect the drug was smuggled from abroad and  are trying to trace the source of the drug.

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Police are scanning call data records of the two foreigners and also their banking transactions to find information about their associates, said a police officer.

Man smuggling weed worth Rs 5.1 crore from Bangkok held

Customs officials on Friday arrested a passenger at the Chhattrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport in Mumbai with 5.1kg of hydroponic weed worth Rs 5.1 crore. The passenger arrived from Bangkok and had concealed the drugs in his checked-in baggage. He was arrested under the NDPS Act.