Kochi: The seizure of 10 kg of smuggled gold from 54 Sri Lankans arriving from Colombo at Kochi airport on Sunday indicates that the smuggling racketeers are frequently changing their modus operandi, senior Customs official say.
Because of the series of gold seizures in the recent past from those arriving from Dubai at the three international airports in Kerala, Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials had intensified their scrutiny of passengers from the Gulf sector. This seems to have forced the smugglers to look for airports in other countries and different airlines to dodge the enforcers.
Since all air passengers arriving from Dubai are natural suspects, Colombo is an easy alternative. Dubai-Colombo-Kochi seems to be the least risky smuggling route.
27/11/13 KPM Basheer/Business Line
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Because of the series of gold seizures in the recent past from those arriving from Dubai at the three international airports in Kerala, Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials had intensified their scrutiny of passengers from the Gulf sector. This seems to have forced the smugglers to look for airports in other countries and different airlines to dodge the enforcers.
Since all air passengers arriving from Dubai are natural suspects, Colombo is an easy alternative. Dubai-Colombo-Kochi seems to be the least risky smuggling route.
27/11/13 KPM Basheer/Business Line
