Hyderabad: A man from Hyderabad was caught with 13.9 kilograms of hydroponic ganja at the Hyderabad airport on Wednesday, September 10. In a separate incident on the same day, two more passengers were held with 16 exotic lizards.
Man caught with ganja
The passenger identified as Syed Rizwan of Hyderabad had arrived at the airport from Bangkok carrying the contraband valued at Rs 14 crores in his baggage.
The authorities on a tip off stopped the passenger at the airport and on checking the baggage recovered the hydroponic ganja.
There is a rise in cases of smuggling of hydroponic ganja to the city in recent times.
Two caught with exotic lizards
On the same day, two passengers arriving from Bangkok were intercepted at the Hyderabad airport and 16 exotic lizards were recovered from them.
Upon inspection of their luggage, airport authorities recovered four green keel-bellied lizards, ten girdled lizards, and two monitor lizards, all species which are protected under wildlife laws, reported PTI.
The two have been arrested and the rescued wildlife has been deported back to Bangkok.
Woman held at Hyderabad airport
Recently, a 23-year-old woman has been arrested at Hyderabad airport for smuggling marijuana from Bangkok.
The smuggling of marijuana by the woman was caught by security personnel at Hyderabad airport. It is valued at around Rs 3 crore.
Not only marijuana, but some travelers also attempt to smuggle gold. Recently, the Union Finance Ministry informed Parliament that gold smuggling worth hundreds of crores has been intercepted at airports across the country in the last six years, with a notable portion reported at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, August 19, that gold weighing 413 kilograms, valued at Rs 240 crore, was seized at Hyderabad airport in the last six years.
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