2 min readPuneFeb 13, 2026 01:11 PM IST
The Customs Department has arrested a passenger at the Pune International Airport for allegedly possessing 5.429 kilograms of “hydroponic weed” (cannabis plants), valued at Rs 5.42 crore in the illicit market, according to a statement issued on Friday.
Officers from the Air Intelligence Unit, Pune Customs, intercepted a passenger arriving from Bangkok by an Air India Express Flight on February 11 and recovered the contraband stored in transparent packets inside five toy boxes from his luggage bag, it said.
The suspect has been booked under sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
An investigation is underway to determine the source of the hydroponic cannabis weed and whether the accused is part of any larger drug smuggling racket, said an officer.
Officers said that hydroponic weed, also called ‘OG Kush’, is marijuana grown using hydroponic techniques. The police said there is a rise in the smuggling of OG Kush to Pune.
Last July, the Customs Department nabbed a passenger at the Pune International Airport for allegedly possessing 10.47 kilograms of hydroponic weed, worth Rs 10.5 crore. The accused had landed at the Pune International Airport from Bangkok on an Indigo Flight.
In the same month, two persons were arrested during a joint operation by the Military Intelligence (MI) unit of the Indian Army’s Southern Command and Pune city police, for selling Mephedrone and ‘OG Kush’.
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