India, July 7 -- The Airport Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Mumbai Customs Department seized 9.66kg of hydroponic weed (cannabis or marijuana) worth Rs.9.66 crore on Saturday. In similar instances, the AIU also intercepted a passenger travelling with live wildlife and carcasses, and another passenger with 1.65kg of gold.

Hydroponic weed

The AIU caught the accused, Mohammed Ruhan Shaikh, 31, after a tip off that he was allegedly carrying some contraband. The accused, a resident of Shahpur, Ahmedabad, arrived at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) from Bangkok, and when the airport authorities searched his trolley-bag in front of two independent witnesses, they found 20 transparent packets of a green-coloured dry...