New Delhi: International airports across the country have been put on alert to check gold smuggling which might rise because of forthcoming festivals like Diwali and marriage season.
Customs officials have been asked to intensify measures, including minutely scanning suspect passengers and commercial consignments to check smuggling of gold, official sources said.
The officials fear that the upcoming festive season, including Diwali and marriages solemnised between November and February, will push the demand for gold in the country, giving rise to its smuggling, they said.
"The officials are maintaining strict vigil to check any attempt of gold smuggling. It will be further intensified," a senior customs official at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here said.
22/10/15 PTI/Economic Times
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Customs officials have been asked to intensify measures, including minutely scanning suspect passengers and commercial consignments to check smuggling of gold, official sources said.
The officials fear that the upcoming festive season, including Diwali and marriages solemnised between November and February, will push the demand for gold in the country, giving rise to its smuggling, they said.
"The officials are maintaining strict vigil to check any attempt of gold smuggling. It will be further intensified," a senior customs official at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here said.
22/10/15 PTI/Economic Times
