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Customs nab two with 2.5 kg ganja hidden in shampoo bottles

Third drug seizure in a month at Amritsar airport

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The ganja seized by officials of the Customs Department at the Amritsar airport.
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Customs authorities at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport have arrested two passengers for allegedly possessing 2.5 kg of hydroponic weed (ganja) concealed in bottles of shampoo.

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Officials said the contraband, valued at over Rs 2 crore in the international drug market, was recovered from the duo who had arrived from Bangkok on Indo-Thai Airlines flight SL214. The narcotics were hidden inside tin containers and PET bottles of shampoo. Both accused are under interrogation and further investigation is ongoing.

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This is the third seizure of hydroponic ganja by Customs officials at the Amritsar airport within a month. Earlier, 1.1 kg of ganja worth Rs 1.15 crore was recovered on September 25 from a passenger who had also arrived from Bangkok via Indo-Thai Airlines.

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In another case, 2.095 kg of ganja valued at Rs 2.09 crore was seized on September 30 from a passenger who landed from Bangkok via Kuala Lumpur.

Earlier this year, the Customs Department at the airport had made two major seizures — 7 kg of hydroponic weed valued at Rs 7 crore from a Malaysia returnee on May 5, and 5 kg valued at Rs 5 crore from a Thailand returnee on May 17.

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Officials said these repeated recoveries indicate that the airport is being used as a transit point by international drug traffickers. Surveillance has since been intensified.

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