Another air cargo robbery, 2 loaders are the culprits

Two loaders at the Sahar cargo complex of Mumbai airport thought it was a good steal until they were arrested on May 26 evening.
Identified by the police as Anand Swamichand, 38, and Dashrath Rajshirke, 28, consignment loaders with ground handling agency Cambata Aviation, whisked away two boxes with mobile phone handsets worth Rs 8.4 lakh from inside the cargo building on Monday morning. However, two other loaders had seen them and they were arrested by the Sahar police within 24 hours.
“Although they took away the consignments, they were caught in the act by two loaders of another agency,” said PI Dilip Shinde, Sahar police station.
The consignment had landed in Mumbai at 11.15pm on May 25 in a Cathay Pacific cargo flight, CX 057, from Hong Kong. The boxes were meant for two Delhi-based companies. The first, containing 89 China-made phones was for Royal Impex and the second, with 77 cell phones, was imported by OMNS International.
The two boxes were kept along with other boxes at the complex. “Rajshirke was on duty of a Jet Airways flight, while Swamichand had finished his shift by 11pm. It seems the loaders decided to steal something or the other that day and Swamichand stayed back,” said Shinde.
28/05/08 V Narayan & Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis

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