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Maha: Man arrested at Mumbai Airport with 9.5 kg hydroponic weed

Mumbai, Apr 7 (UNI) The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Airport Customs arrested a passenger at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai and seized 9.5 kilograms of hydroponic weed (cannabis) worth Rs 9.53 crore in the illicit market, officials said here on Monday.
The AIU officers had intercepted one passenger Kawaljit Singh, a resident of Amritsar, Punjab on the basis of profiling that he might be carrying some contraband items, after he arrived at CSMI Airport, Mumbai on Sunday from Bangkok.
During the search of his trolley bag, the Customs officers found stuffed 20 transparent packets containing greenish coloured dry leafy substance in it.
On testing the same, it showed positive result for hydroponic weed (cannabis), a substance covered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Following this, he was arrested and was today produced in the court, which remanded him to police custody.
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