Mumbai: In three separate cases, the Mumbai Airport Customs officers have seized drugs worth Rs 12 crore sourced from Bangkok, officials informed on Wednesday. The Customs officers are probing who had supplied the drugs to the passengers and who were supposed to receive the said consignments in Mumbai.

According to the Customs sources, on the basis of specific intelligence, the Customs officers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai intercepted one passenger arriving from Colombo to Mumbai. During the examination of the baggage, the Customs officers recovered 2.56 kg of suspected hydroponic weed (marijuana), with an illicit market value of approximately Rs 2.56 crores.

In the second case, on the basis of profiling, the Customs officers at CSMIA intercepted

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