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DRI dismantles hydroponic weed syndicate, seizes 72 kg of drug
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|August 23, 2025
IN a pan-India operation code-named 'WeedOut', Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Bengaluru, Indore and New Delhi this week dismantled a syndicate involved in smuggling hydroponic weed into the country and seized 72.024 kg of the contraband drug worth around Rs 72 crore in the grey market, along with illegal proceeds of Rs 1.02 crore under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
On August 20, in a coordinated effort, DRI officials intercepted suspect passengers at Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) Railway Station, Bengaluru, and Bhopal Junction and seized hydroponic weed. "Search of baggage of two passengers who had just boarded the KSR-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express (22691) at Bengaluru led to the recovery of 29.88 kg of hydroponic weed. In a coordinated action, 24.186 kg of the banned drug was recovered at Bhopal Junction from two passengers who had boa
This story is from the August 23, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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