Officers of the Airport Commissionerate under Mumbai Customs Zone–III have registered several cases involving the seizure of narcotics and gold during duty operations conducted between March 3 and March 10, 2026.
According to an official press note, multiple cases were detected on the basis of spot checks and Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) profiling.
In four separate cases, customs officials recovered 12.031 kg of suspected hydroponic weed, an illegal narcotic substance, from five passengers arriving from Bangkok. The seized contraband is estimated to be worth around ₹12.03 crore in the illicit market. All five passengers were arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
In another set of cases, customs officers detected three instances of gold smuggling, in which a total of 409 grams of gold, valued at ₹59.57 lakh, was recovered from three passengers in three separate cases.
Additionally, acting on specific intelligence, customs officials booked another case involving the seizure of 499 grams of suspected hydroponic weed from a passenger who had also arrived from Bangkok. The contraband is valued at approximately ₹49.9 lakh in the illegal market. The passenger has been arrested under the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.
Further investigation in all the cases is currently underway, customs officials said.