DRI's Operation WeedOut seizes 72 kg of hydroponic weed worth about ₹72 crore in Bengaluru and Bhopal
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 72.024 kg of hydroponic weed worth about ₹72 crore in a pan-India operation named 'WeedOut', with interceptions at Bengaluru and Bhopal on 20–21 August 2025.
Summary
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) dismantled a syndicate smuggling hydroponic weed into India in a pan-India operation code-named 'WeedOut'. On the evening of 20 August 2025, DRI officers made simultaneous interceptions at Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna railway station, Bengaluru, recovering 29.88 kg, and at Bhopal Junction, recovering 24.186 kg from passengers on the Rajdhani train from Bengaluru. In the early hours of 21 August, a passenger who had arrived in Bengaluru from Thailand was intercepted at a hotel with another 17.958 kg, and the syndicate's associate mastermind was traced in New Delhi with ₹1.02 crore in drug proceeds. In all, 72.024 kg of hydroponic weed worth about ₹72 crore was seized under the NDPS Act, 1985, and six persons were arrested.
Key facts
- Agency
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (Ministry of Finance)
- Operation
- WeedOut
- Dates
- 20–21 Aug 2025
- Places
- Bengaluru (KSR station, hotel), Bhopal Junction, New Delhi
- Seized
- 72.024 kg hydroponic weed (~₹72 crore) + ₹1.02 crore proceeds
- Law
- NDPS Act, 1985
- Arrests
- Associate mastermind and five passengers
Practice MCQs 2 questions
What was the code name of the DRI operation that seized 72 kg of hydroponic weed in Bengaluru and Bhopal in August 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Operation WeedOut
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence's pan-India operation was code-named 'WeedOut'.
Under which law was the hydroponic weed seized in DRI's Operation WeedOut (August 2025)?
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Correct answer: B — NDPS Act, 1985
The 72.024 kg of hydroponic weed and illegal proceeds of ₹1.02 crore were seized under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.