Kochi: The Excise Department has introduced a unique special crack team along the roads leading up to Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) to counter drug movements to and from the airport.
The team has been constituted by drawing officials from the excise units at Aluva and Ernakulam.
Their deployment will be in sync with the schedule of select flight movement at the airport.
They will be be on the roads at the appointed hour to search vehicles. The department has chosen to keep under wraps details of specific flight movements when the team springs into action for surprise checks.
“The decision to deploy such a team was based on information that drug movements were taking place to and from the airport, with Kochi fast emerging as a major transit point. We hope that the experiment will pay dividends,” K. Chandrapalan, Deputy Excise Commissioner, Ernakulam, told The Hindu.
29/12/18 MP Praveen/The Hindu
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The team has been constituted by drawing officials from the excise units at Aluva and Ernakulam.
Their deployment will be in sync with the schedule of select flight movement at the airport.
They will be be on the roads at the appointed hour to search vehicles. The department has chosen to keep under wraps details of specific flight movements when the team springs into action for surprise checks.
“The decision to deploy such a team was based on information that drug movements were taking place to and from the airport, with Kochi fast emerging as a major transit point. We hope that the experiment will pay dividends,” K. Chandrapalan, Deputy Excise Commissioner, Ernakulam, told The Hindu.
29/12/18 MP Praveen/The Hindu
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