India, Oct. 29 -- Customs officials arrested a passenger arriving from Bangkok at Pune airport on October 27 after allegedly finding 381.27 grams of suspected hashish concealed in specially constructed compartments in the soles of his sports shoes.

The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted the Indian passenger after he landed at Lohegaon airport aboard Air India Express flight IX-291 from Bangkok, acting on specific intelligence inputs and passenger profiling.

A search of his cabin and checked-in baggage yielded no prohibited items. However, officials became suspicious after noticing that the black sports shoes he was wearing had unusually thick soles and appeared heavier than normal.

"When officials cut open the inner soles of both ...