The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized 1.770 kilogram of hydroponic weed valued Rs 1.5 crore in two separate operations at the Foreign Post Office (FPO) in south Mumbai, an official said.

The operations were conducted on Friday based on specific inputs that the narcotic drug was couriered from the USA. The NCB later also apprehended the actual receiver of the drug from Tardeo area of south Mumbai, he said. In the first case, the NCB team seized 850 grams of hydroponic weed (ganja) at the FPO, he said.