Lucknow, Sept. 18 -- In a major drug bust, customs officials at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport arrested two men from Mumbai who were allegedly smuggling high-grade marijuana worth approximately Rs 5 crore in the international market.
The accused had arrived from Bangkok via AirAsia flight FD-146, which landed at 10:35 PM on Wednesday night.
The suspects, identified as Kanchan Shailesh Patial and Arbaaz Akhtar Bhangaria, were intercepted while attempting to pass through the green channel without declaring any items.
Upon scanning their black backpacks, officials discovered eight vacuum-sealed polythene packets containing a green leafy substance.
Preliminary testing revealed the substance to be Hydroponic Weed, a p...