India, Oct. 3 -- Pune Customs officials, in coordination with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Pune Regional Unit, seized 1.243 kg of suspected cannabis extract (hashish), allegedly concealed inside cosmetic jars at Pune International Airport on Thursday.

According to Pune Customs, the seizure followed behavioural profiling and screening of suspicious check-in baggage. Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Pune Customs, and DRI intercepted an Indian woman passenger who arrived at the airport from Bangkok via Air India Express flight IX-241 on the evening of October 1.

During a detailed examination of her baggage, officers allegedly found a waxy, semi-solid substance with a pungent odour concealed inside three commer...