Mumbai, Oct 6 (PTI) The Customs department seized suspected hydroponic weed worth nearly Rs 4 crore besides drones and smuggled exotic wildlife, both live and dead, in four separate cases at the Mumbai airport, officials said on Monday.

It arrested four passengers, who had landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) from Bangkok and Colombo, in connection with the seizures, an official said.

In the first case, Customs sleuths seized 1.964 kg of suspected hydroponic weed (marijuana), valued at Rs 1.96 crore, and arrested the passenger carrying the contraband, he said.

In the second case, they recovered wildlife (live animals), including iguanas (19), orange bearded dragons (10), raccoon (1 dead), quince monitor lizard (1 alive), squirrel (2 critical, 1 dead) a

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