{"id":7127,"date":"2025-09-25T17:24:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=7127"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:54:24","slug":"dri-continues-crackdown-on-drug-trafficking-syndicates-under-operation-weed-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=7127","title":{"rendered":"DRI continues crackdown on drug trafficking syndicates under \u201cOperation Weed Out\u201d;"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DRI continues crackdown on drug trafficking syndicates under \u201cOperation Weed Out\u201d;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


\nIs less than 20 days, DRI has seized 108.67 kg of hydroponic weed in separate Pan-India operations<\/p>\n

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Posted On: 16 SEP 2025 4:17PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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As part of ongoing pan-India\u00a0\u201cOperation Weed Out\u201d<\/em>, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized\u00a039.2 kg\u00a0of hydroponic weed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai on 13th<\/sup>-14th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2025. Three persons have been arrested in a coordinated operation, under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Acting on specific intelligence, DRI officers intercepted two Indian nationals arriving from Bangkok. Thorough examination of their checked-in baggage led to the recovery of 39 packets weighing 39.2 kg of hydroponic cannabis. A swift follow-up action resulted in the arrest of the intended recipient.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In another case, based on specific intelligence, the officers of DRI, seized\u00a07.8 kg\u00a0(gross weight) of hydroponic weed being smuggled from Bangkok, Thailand, to Mumbai and arrested two passengers under the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

DRI has separately made seizures of\u00a061.67 kg of Hydroponic Weed\u00a0being smuggled from Bangkok, Thailand, into India at different parts of India, including Jaipur, Lucknow, and Kolkata during period of 26th<\/sup>\u00a0August to 12th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2025.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It may be recalled that earlier in Pan-India operation on 20th<\/sup>\u00a0& 21st<\/sup>\u00a0August 2025 DRI had seized a total of\u00a072.024 kg\u00a0of hydroponic weed worth around Rs. 72 crore along with\u00a0illegal proceeds of Rs. 1.02 crore\u00a0and had arrested 5 persons, including financiers and a mastermind under the provisions of NDPS Act, 1985.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past year, there has been a sharp rise in attempts to smuggle hydroponic weed from Thailand into India through various airports. DRI continues to act firmly against such drug syndicates that have been smuggling hydroponic weed in the country, reinforcing the Government of India\u2019s vision of a\u00a0Nasha Mukt Bharat<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DRI continues crackdown on drug trafficking syndicates under \u201cOperation Weed Out\u201d; Is less than 20 days, DRI has seized 108.67 kg of hydroponic weed in separate Pan-India operations Posted On: 16 SEP 2025 4:17PM by PIB Delhi As part of ongoing pan-India\u00a0\u201cOperation Weed Out\u201d, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized\u00a039.2 kg\u00a0of hydroponic weed at …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7129,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127\/revisions\/7129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}