Three women held with 6.4 kg of marijuana in CSMIA

The women were offered ₹15,000 to smuggle the contraband into the country, an official from the Customs Department said

MUMBAI: Three women arriving from Bangkok were held with 6.46 kg of marijuana (ganja) at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Sunday. The women were offered ₹15,000 to smuggle the contraband into the country, an official from the Customs Department said.

Three women held with 6.4 kg of marijuana in CSMIA

According to officials from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), the trio—identified as Shabana Begum, Shaukat Ali, Tarannum Jahan Shahabuddin Khan, and Sharifa Haider Mulla—were detained in the airport, acting on a tip-off. Subsequently, 2,088 grams, 2,130 grams, and 2,246 grams of a greenish, lumpy substance suspected to be ganja were recovered from their bags , respectively.

When questioned, the women confessed that they were promised ₹15,000 each by a person identified as Krishna to smuggle the contraband, the officials said.

Following this, a case was registered against the three accused under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. They were produced before a court, which remanded them in judicial custody.