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Place

The Deccan Herald report, the cited source, opens "Customs officials at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA)" under a Bengaluru dateline and names no district. This news item places the airport in the district of Bengaluru Rural.

Attribution

The standfirst of the report reads "Customs intercept three smuggling attempts from Bangkok; four arrested under NDPS Act." The paragraphs on the other two cases give the origin: "a passenger travelling from Bangkok" (15 September) and "two passengers arriving from Bangkok" (12 September). The paragraph on this case reads "was caught smuggling 11.96 kg of hydroponic ganja worth Rs 4.19 crore" and names no origin. This news item takes the Bangkok link from the report's count of three Bangkok cases and says so in its summary.

Related news items

The report covers three cases. Its lead says customs "intercepted three cases of hydroponic ganja smuggling from Bangkok in the past four days, seizing 28.95 kg of the contraband valued at more than Rs 10 crore". The other two cases are recorded as separate news items: 12 September case and 15 September case. This news item covers the 14 September case and its 11.96 kg only. The three case figures in the report (16 kg, 11.96 kg and 990 grams) add up to the lead's 28.95 kg. The report also mentions a separate seizure on 3 September of "15.6 kg of hydroponic ganja", which is not one of the three.

These notes were written after this news item was published. Éloise 03:57, 7 October 2026 (+07)