Smuggling racket: Search on for AI worker

New Delhi: The Customs department has arrested three people, including one Air India employee, in connection with a smuggling racket operating from Terminal 3 of the IGI Airport. The Customs also seized goods worth Rs 40 lakh in various searches conducted across the city, officials said.
The search for another Air India worker, also allegedly involved in the racket, is still on.
The arrests came after the CISF had apprehended two persons on suspicion on March 24 outside T3. A check revealed that one of the persons, a passenger who had arrived from Singapore, had goods worth Rs 27 lakh in his possession.
A review of the CCTV footage showed that the suspected passenger, Sanjay Nangia, never crossed the Green Channel with the contraband. The Customs also found that two Air India employees, both of whom are Nangia’s nephews, had helped him avoid the mandatory check.
29/03/11 Geeta Gupta/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Mar 2011