Pilferage at air cargo terminal

Thiruvananthapuram: With the authorities stepping up security to check pilferage from baggage of passengers arriving at the international airport here, casual workers engaged by outsourcing agencies for Air-India and allegedly involved in pilferage have shifted their activities to the air cargo terminal.
Four casual workers employed by cargo handling agents for Air-India were caught for stealing 14 saris from an export consignment kept in the air cargo terminal manned by Kerala State Industrial Enterprises (KSIE) on July 2.
The KSIE officials swung into action and recovered the saris from the four casual workers on July 3. Airport sources said pilferage of goods from export consignments would seriously affect the export through the airport. KSIE sources said the pilferage took place when the consignment was lying along with the perishables that were cleared for exporting to Gulf countries.
As per rule, the export consignment should reach the cargo complex in a ‘ready for carriage condition’ with all supporting documents. Since the consignment that arrived from Tirupur did not have the valid documents, the security personnel engaged by the KSIE kept it outside the ‘cooling room’.
10/07/07 S. Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu

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Categories: Air India Jul 2007, Airports Jul 2007, Cargo Jul 2007