5 kg hydroponic weed seized from passenger at Tiruchi airport

Officers of the Customs Air Intelligence Unit seized astir 5 kg of hydroponic weed - a narcotic substance - from the baggage of an planetary rider astatine the Tiruchi planetary airdrome successful the precocious hours connected Friday.  The worth of the seized substance was enactment astatine ₹5 crores.

Acting connected intelligence, the Customs Air Intelligence Unit officers intercepted the rider who arrived astatine the Tiruchi airdrome from Kuala Lumpur by a Batir Air flight. The officers searched the baggage wrong which astir 5 kg of hydroponic weed was found. The rider was subsequently arrested and probe is nether way, said airdrome sources.