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In a major drug bust, NCB Bengaluru seized 45.4 kg of hydro ganja and 6 kg of psilocybin mushrooms at Kempegowda International Airport, from three persons, including a Sri Lankan. Valued at around ₹50 crore, the drugs were concealed in 250 food tins.

"NCB, Bengaluru Zonal Unit, had been developing intelligence on drug cartels involved in trafficking of hydroponic ganja from Thailand for quite some time. One such effort led to interdiction of two persons coming by flight from Colombo to Bengaluru and seized 31.4 kg of hydro ganja and 4 Kg of Psilocybin mushrooms," the agency said.

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Known as magic mushrooms, psilocybin mushrooms cause euphoria, hallucinat

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