Malaysian arrested in Chennai over 3.45kg of hydroponic cannabis
The 62-year-old man was caught attempting to enter India with the drugs concealed beneath a false bottom in his luggage.
Chennai International Airport authorities have apprehended a 62-year-old Malaysian man for allegedly attempting to smuggle a significant quantity of hydroponic cannabis. On August 31, officers from the air intelligence unit intercepted the passenger arriving from Kuala Lumpur on a flight, who was attempting to bypass customs checks through the Green Channel.
After a thorough examination of the passenger's luggage, four transparent, airtight packages concealed beneath a false bottom were discovered. These containers held 3,452 grams of dried, greenish-brown cannabis plants, which were subsequently confiscated under India's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1985.
The suspect has been taken into custody and remanded to judicial custody, while ongoing investigations aim to uncover any potential connections to larger smuggling networks. This incident marks the second case of a Malaysian individual allegedly smuggling hydroponic cannabis into Chennai. In a separate incident on August 8, a 54-year-old Malaysian man from Perak was arrested at the same airport after carrying 4.03kg of hydroponic cannabis on a flight from Bangkok. The seized drugs in this case were reportedly sourced from Thailand, as confirmed by Bukit Aman.
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