<p>Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested an Indian air passenger and seized ganja worth Rs 5 crore from him at the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mumbai">Mumbai </a>international airport, an official said on Tuesday.</p><p>Based on specific intelligence, officials of the DRI (Mumbai Zonal Unit) intercepted the passenger when he arrived from Bangkok at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Monday, he said.</p><p>During a search of his bags, the DRI officials found nine vacuum packed silver coloured packets having different fruit markings on each bag. The packets were found to contain a greenish substance in lump form weighing 5.34 kg, he informed.</p>.NIT drop out held for drug peddling in Hyderabad, asks youngsters to stay away from addictions.<p>After examining the substance with a field NDPS (narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances) test kit, it came positive for ganja (cannabis), the official said, adding it was valued at Rs 5 crore.</p><p>The seized contraband is hydroponic weed (ganja) and that is why its value is so high, he explained.</p><p>The substance was confiscated, the passenger was arrested under provisions of the NDPS Act and remanded to judicial custody by a local court, he added. </p>
<p>Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested an Indian air passenger and seized ganja worth Rs 5 crore from him at the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mumbai">Mumbai </a>international airport, an official said on Tuesday.</p><p>Based on specific intelligence, officials of the DRI (Mumbai Zonal Unit) intercepted the passenger when he arrived from Bangkok at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Monday, he said.</p><p>During a search of his bags, the DRI officials found nine vacuum packed silver coloured packets having different fruit markings on each bag. The packets were found to contain a greenish substance in lump form weighing 5.34 kg, he informed.</p>.NIT drop out held for drug peddling in Hyderabad, asks youngsters to stay away from addictions.<p>After examining the substance with a field NDPS (narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances) test kit, it came positive for ganja (cannabis), the official said, adding it was valued at Rs 5 crore.</p><p>The seized contraband is hydroponic weed (ganja) and that is why its value is so high, he explained.</p><p>The substance was confiscated, the passenger was arrested under provisions of the NDPS Act and remanded to judicial custody by a local court, he added. </p>