Ahmedabad: Come July, a customs official will travel as an escort in flights which operate on international routes to and from Ahmedabad via Delhi and Mumbai to keep a watch on gold smugglers. Also random imaging of domestic flights landing at city airport will be done to check if gold is hidden in any part of aircraft. These are the few measures besides increasing deployment of officers by Customs department to curb gold smuggling through the city airport.
In the first six months of 2015, 26 incidents of gold smuggling have taken place with around 32.72 kg of gold, worth Rs 8.83 crore being seized at the airport by customs and DRI and 28 smugglers/carriers having been detained.
The customs department had in August lat year set up the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) to keep a close watch on carriers and smugglers and incidents smuggling have been brought to light more often.
30/06/15 Piyush Mishra/Times of India
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In the first six months of 2015, 26 incidents of gold smuggling have taken place with around 32.72 kg of gold, worth Rs 8.83 crore being seized at the airport by customs and DRI and 28 smugglers/carriers having been detained.
The customs department had in August lat year set up the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) to keep a close watch on carriers and smugglers and incidents smuggling have been brought to light more often.
30/06/15 Piyush Mishra/Times of India
