Thiruvananthapuram: The Gulf-based gold smugglers seem to have altered their method of operation to fox the limited overseas intelligence network of the country’s border enforcement agencies, according to Customs and Central Excise and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence enforcers here.
Citing the case of the state-of-affairs in Dubai airport, the enforcers said carriers bound for India often stated the amount of gold they were carrying at the declaration counter there and also produced authentic bills for the same.
Subsequently, to deceive informants, if any, they would hand over the gold to an associate of theirs bound on a different flight to India at the security hold of the airport (the hall where passengers wait to board their flight after security clearance).
The informants of the agencies rely mostly on the intelligence they gather from the airport’s declaration counter and its duty free shops to alert their handlers in airports in Kerala other States.
17/10/18 The Hindu
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Citing the case of the state-of-affairs in Dubai airport, the enforcers said carriers bound for India often stated the amount of gold they were carrying at the declaration counter there and also produced authentic bills for the same.
Subsequently, to deceive informants, if any, they would hand over the gold to an associate of theirs bound on a different flight to India at the security hold of the airport (the hall where passengers wait to board their flight after security clearance).
The informants of the agencies rely mostly on the intelligence they gather from the airport’s declaration counter and its duty free shops to alert their handlers in airports in Kerala other States.
17/10/18 The Hindu
