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Customs officers astatine Delhi's IGI Airport person seized implicit 4 kilogrammes of suspected marijuana valued astatine ₹4 crore from an Indian rider arriving from Bangkok, and arrested different idiosyncratic who had allegedly travel to person the consignment, officials said connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026).
The rider arrived astatine Terminal 3 of the airdrome connected May 12 and was intercepted "based connected profiling", an authoritative connection said.
While examining the passenger's baggage, the officers recovered 4 polythene pouches containing greenish coloured narcotic substance "suspected to beryllium ganja/marijuana" concealed wrong a roseate gold-coloured trolley bag, the connection said.
"The recovered substance weighed 4,024 grams successful full and is estimated to beryllium worthy astir ₹4.024 crore successful the illicit market," it said.
Custom officials said 1 idiosyncratic was besides apprehended during the operation, who had travel to person the contraband.
Both, the rider and the alleged receiver, were arrested nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act connected May 12, the connection said.
The seized narcotic substance, on with the packaging material, has been confiscated, it added.
