Hyderabad: Acting on specific intelligence, officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in Hyderabad on Thursday intercepted two Indian passengers arriving from Bangkok at the Hyderabad International Airport and seized marijuana from them. The contraband was hidden in their check-in baggage and was found in 13 vacuum-packed transparent packets inside packets of Kellogg’s cornflakes and cookie boxes. A green substance in lumpy form was recovered from all the 13 packets and when tested with a field test kit, it indicated the presence of marijuana, officials said. The packets containing 7.096 kg of hydroponic weed have been seized and the passengers have been arrested and sent to judicial custody under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985. Further investigation is underway.
Hyderabad: 2 arrested with marijuana in boxes of cornflakes and cookies
