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Customs officers astatine Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) person seized much than 67 kg of hydroponic ganja successful aggregate operations implicit the past 10 days, exposing repeated attempts to smuggle contraband to the city.
The seizures, each made astatine Terminal 2 betwixt November 17 and November 27, progressive passengers arriving chiefly from Bangkok, Thailand, with 1 lawsuit linked to Hat Yai, Thailand. All passengers were detained nether the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
The archetypal large seizure unfolded connected November 17, erstwhile officers intercepted a rider from Bangkok carrying 3.83 kg of hydroponic ganja valued astatine ₹1.34 crore. This was followed by a regular signifier of interceptions, with immoderate cases involving much than 1 passenger.
November 18 saw a surge, with 4 abstracted cases of hydroponic ganja smuggling intercepted astatine T2. The quantities ranged from 4 kg to astir 8 kg per passenger, amounting to implicit 23 kg successful a azygous day. Another rider arriving from Hat Yai was caught with 4 kg, valued astatine ₹1.4 crore.
On November 19, Customs intercepted 3 much passengers carrying a combined 13.36 kg of the contraband. The inclination continued done the week, with a seizure of 6.43 kg connected November 22 and 5 kg connected November 26.
The largest single-day haul occurred connected November 27, erstwhile 3 passengers from Bangkok were caught carrying 15.72 kg of hydroponic ganja worthy ₹5.5 crore.
Growing lawsuit basal successful city
Officials judge that the quantity and frequence of seizures bespeak the increasing lawsuit basal successful the city. While narcotics dominated enforcement enactment implicit the past 10 days, Bengaluru Customs besides reported 2 large wildlife trafficking attempts: the seizure of 5 chaotic animals brought successful from Bangkok and 280 wildlife taxon smuggled via a courier consignment from Vietnam.
Both were successful usurpation of the Convention connected International Trade successful Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Customs officials person accrued profiling, surveillance, and intelligence-based interceptions astatine the airport.
