2 held at IGI for smuggling cellphone memory cards

New Delhi: Customs officials nabbed a passenger and the supervisor of a firm hired by DIAL in connection with the smuggling of cellphone memory cards worth over Rs 35 lakh at the IGI Airport.
The consignment was left in the toilet by the passenger, Narinder Singh, and then picked up by Sachin Kumar, supervisor of a firm — UDS — hired by DIAL for cleaning and upkeep of the international terminal.
Singh, who came to Delhi from Hong Kong in a plane that landed around 9.30 pm on Thursday, was carrying 20,000 memory cards in a small bag.
After immigration check, Singh went to the restroom and kept the bag in the wastepaper bin inside the toilet and came out, said additional commissioner Ashutosh Baranwal.
Within minutes, it was picked by Kumar. He came out and started moving towards the lift in the arrival hall with the bag. The lift opens into the departure hall on the upper level where customs officials intercepted Kumar.
They were nabbed after the customs department laid the trap following a tip-off that a huge consignment will be delivered in the toilet of the international terminal.
10/10/10 Yogesh Kumar/Times of India

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Categories: airports Oct 2010