Tamil Nadu: Customs seizes over Rs 100 crore worth narcotic drugs in Pudukottai

The Customs department on Monday said its officials have seized over Rs 100 crore worth of hashish and ganja from Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu reported the PTIAccording to the PTI the officers of Tiruchirappalli Customs Preventive Commissionerate made the seizure from a shed located in a prawn farm in Mimisal villageA post on the official X handle of Tiruchirappalli Customs Preventive Zone said the seizure was made on the basis of informationOn receiving information that huge quantities of narcotic substances like hashish and ganja were stored in a shed located in the prawn farm for being smuggled out of India to Srilanka officials rushed to the spot it saidThe shed was thoroughly examined and 48 bags containing contrabands like Hashish and ganja were recovered As there was no power supply in the shed the contraband was taken to the nearby Customs office After testing it was found that the goods were Narcotic Drugs viz 100 kg of Hashish valued at Rs 110 crore and 876 kg of dry Ganja valued at Rs 105 crore it added the news agency reported on MondayRecently 99 kg of hashish valued around Rs 108 crore was seized from near Mandapam in the stateIn an another incident last week the Airport Special Cargo Commissionerate Mumbai Customs ZoneIII recovered the concealment of 447 grams of marijuana imported from Thailand and arrested one accused involved in the import on Tuesday an official said reported news agency ANIAccording to the Mumbai customs officials the marijuana was concealed inside a pressure washer reported ANIEarlier this month in a crackdown on smuggling Mumbai Airport Customs officials intercepted an Indian national arriving from Dubai and seized a cache of contraband including gold jewellery rhodium coins and iPhones according to an official statement reported ANIThe passenger was found to be carrying five pieces of 24karat gold jewelry three rhodiumplated coins and cut pieces of wire collectively weighing 21500 grams net Two iPhones Pro 128 GB were also recovered from the individuals possessionAs per the officials gold jewellery was found concealed on the body of the passenger while the goldcut piece of wire was concealed in amul butter hanky and clothes The iPhones on the other hand were concealed in a handbag customs officials added reported ANIIn another case the Mumbai Customs seized more than 303 kg gold valued at Rs 166 crore in ten different cases over four days at the city international airportThe Airport Commissionarate of Mumbai Customs found the gold concealed in places such as the aircraft seat body cavities of passengers a washroom butter packets handkerchiefs and other clothes of passengers from March 1 to 4 the Mumbai Customs ZoneIII posted on its official X handle While examining the luggage of the suspected passengers officials found gold concealed in small packets of butter handkerchiefs and other clothes officials addedwith PTI and ANI inputs