{
  "id": 15484071,
  "title": "Mumbai Customs Apprehends 26-Year-Old Panvel BMS Student Over 1 Kg Cannabis Parcel From Bangkok Concealed In Beverage Boxes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/mumbai-customs-apprehends-26-year-old-panvel-bms-student-over-1-kg",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T19:20:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/mumbai-customs-apprehends-26-year-old-panvel-bms-student-over-1-kg-cannabis-parcel-from-bangkok-concealed-in-beverage-boxes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai Customs officials have arrested a 26-year-old BMS student from Panvel for attempting to import 1 kg of cannabis from Bangkok. The drugs were concealed within a coffee box filled with instant ginger beverage boxes and milk tea instant mix powder. On October 15, an import parcel from Bangkok was intercepted and examined by Customs officers, who discovered the narcotics substance using X-ray screening. The accused, Nair, accepted the parcel as it was addressed to him and denied any knowledge of its contents. He claimed that the parcel may have been sent by his friend T. Rokade, who was in Thailand at the time. The investigation is ongoing, and efforts are being made to apprehend other associates involved in the case.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Following the permission from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to carry out a controlled delivery operation, the officers of the Special Investigation and Intelligence Branch (SIIB) of the Airport Special Cargo of Mumbai Customs have apprehended a 26-year-old Business Management Studies (BMS) student from Panvel in a case of import of drugs from Bangkok. The said narcotics substance was…",
  "key_points": [
    "Mumbai Customs arrests 26-year-old BMS student Nair",
    "1 kg cannabis concealed in beverage boxes discovered",
    "Investigation ongoing to apprehend additional associates"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}