India News | 2 Held for Smuggling Marijuana Worth Rs 10 Cr at Delhi Airport

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) Two Indian nationals were arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here for allegedly smuggling into the country marijuana worth Rs 10 crore, the customs department said on Monday.

The accused were intercepted after they arrived from Phuket, Thailand on November 26, it said in a statement.

Also Read | 'No Voter Should Be Excluded': Supreme Court Seeks Election Commission Stand Over Increasing Number of Electors per Polling Station to 1,500.

On examination of one of their trolley bags, 17 "polythene pouches containing green-coloured narcotics substance suspected to be ganja/marijuana weighing 9,979 grams (net weight)" were found, the customs said.

When this material was subjected to a diagnostic test, prima facie it appeared to be ganja/marijuana, it said, adding that the value of the substance is around Rs 10 crore.

Also Read | ‘Centre Targeting Muslims in Name of Waqf Bill’: Mamata Banerjee Slams BJP-Led Central Government, Expresses Doubt on Its Passage in Parliament.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)