Thiruvananthapuram: The Customs and Central Excise Department will soon install electronic detectors sensitive to non-magnetic metals at three airports in Kerala to check the rampant smuggling of gold from the Gulf into India.
Additional Excise Commissioner G. Ravindranath told The Hindu that the current sensors at the airports were more attuned to detect base ferrous metals and were not very sensitive to gold, platinum, or silver.
The X-ray machines at the airports could easily detect gold concealed inside the baggage of passengers. The latest metal detectors will help enforcers intercept carriers who conceal gold in their body cavities or on their person. The detectors will also be installed at the green-channel exits of the airports.
04/03/13 G Anand/The Hindu
