Two held with Rs 24 crore worth of hydroponic weed at Lucknow airport
Lucknow: Two passengers have been arrested for smuggling hydroponic weed worth around Rs 24 crore at Lucknow airport in.
According to Kashmir Media Service, an official said the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), based on specific intelligence, intercepted the passengers who had arrived from Bangkok.
“During interrogation, both the passengers admitted to carrying a large quantity of hydroponic weed (ganja) in their checked-in baggage,” a senior DRI official said.
A thorough search of their baggage led to the recovery of 23.935 kilograms of hydroponic weed, which was seized under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the official said.
The passengers were arrested and remanded to judicial custody, he added.
