India, Nov. 5 -- Two women were arrested from Bihar's Gaya international airport for smuggling ten kilograms of marijuana, officials said on Thursday.

A joint team of customs and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel arrested them when they arrived from Thailand at the Gaya Airport on Wednesday. The shipment, hidden in four separate bags, is valued approximately at around Rs.10 crore in the international market.

According to customs officials, both women arrived from Chiang Mai International Airport in Thailand on Wednesday on a Thai Airway flight. During security checks at the Gaya airport, their luggage was scanned by an X-ray machine when CISF and other security personnel suspected the presence of suspicious items in the...