smuggling of gold: There is an area at Chennai airport where neither Indian law is applicable nor there is any hassle of investigation. Gold smugglers try their best to carry out their plans in this area and then move on. Even if they are caught in this area, they have no fear of arrest. Securing this area of ​​Chennai airport has become a big challenge for customs and other security agencies.
Actually, the specific area we are talking about is the international transit area of ​​Chennai airport. Recently, after the involvement of immigration officials and employees of shops located in the terminal in gold smuggling cases came to light, CISF Intelligence had started looking for the loopholes present in the airport, which gold smugglers are taking advantage of to fulfill their intentions.
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The syndicate operating from the transit area came to light
During this exercise, CISF Intelligence also noticed cases in which gold brought for smuggling in the International Transit Area was handed over to the airport staff. During this, it also came to light that most of the smugglers smuggling gold through the transit area are of Sri Lankan origin.
These smugglers of Sri Lankan origin bring gold from Dubai to Chennai and from Chennai they leave for Sri Lanka. During transit at Chennai airport, they try to hand over the gold they have brought for smuggling to the airport staff and go to Colombo themselves. However, the airport staff somehow takes this gold out of the terminal and takes it away.
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Foreign smugglers do not even fear arrest
According to airport sources, Indian law does not apply in the international transit area, so foreign smugglers involved in gold smuggling do not fear arrest. If in any case they are caught during investigation, they escape by saying that their final destination is Colombo and they will go there and pay their duty.
The law does not allow Indian security agencies and customs to take any action against these transit passengers. Therefore, these foreign smugglers are fearlessly involved in smuggling gold. However, various agencies including CISF have started a large-scale exercise to ensure that the gold brought by these foreign smugglers does not enter the Indian border.
CISF started surveillance exercise through cameras
After the revelation of this syndicate operating in the transit area, CISF has started a new exercise to strengthen the security system. As part of this exercise, all those areas in the transit area have been identified which are not covered by CCTV cameras. CISF has asked the airport operator to install about 250 cameras in the transit area and bring every corner under the purview of CCTV cameras.
Apart from this, considering the possibility of handing over gold in the toilets, airport staff has been banned from going to the toilets situated in the transit area. Now only passengers can use these toilets. Apart from this, there is talk of starting frisking after the duty of airport staff posted in the transit area is over.
Tag: Airport Diaries, airport security, Delhi Airport, IGI Airport
first published : July 17, 2024, 1:12 pm IST
