Customs officials seize ganja from passenger at Coimbatore airport
The officers, based on intelligence inputs from DD, DG Arm Delhi, in coordination with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, intercepted the passenger, a resident of Kozhikode, who arrived at Coimbatore airport from Bangkok via Singapore by flight TR 540. The officers seized the ganja from his checked-in baggage. Further investigation is in progress under the NDPS ACT, 1986, read with the Customs Act, 1962, according to the Customs.
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