New Delhi, February 2025: A 20-year-old woman was arrested at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly smuggling narcotics worth over Rs 11 crore, concealed inside cookie and rice packets, the Customs Department announced on Monday.
The accused was intercepted upon her arrival from Bangkok on February 21.
“During the examination of a black trolley bag, officials discovered eight cookie and rice packets containing a green-coloured narcotic substance, suspected to be ganja or marijuana, with a total net weight of 11,284 grams,” the Customs Department stated.
A diagnostic test conducted on the seized substance confirmed it to be ganja or marijuana, with an estimated illicit market value of Rs 11.28 crore.
The arrested woman, a resident of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, was taken into custody, and the narcotics were seized, a Customs official confirmed.
