CISF staff at integrated security held three of a Mumbai family, a man, his wife and his sister-in-law, who were travelling to Bangkok on Saturday night with baggage that consisted of bulky wedding gifts.
An alert Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer at the Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport foiled a bid to smuggle foreign currency by intercepting the suspect passengers, leading to the seizure of US$ 1.90 lakh (valued at Rs 1.55 crore) concealed in their hand baggage.
The repeated seizure of foreign currency by the CISF in the integrated security hold after immigration clearance at the CSIM highlights the failure of Airport Customs and the Air Intelligence Unit deployed to prevent smuggling, even as bona fide passengers are harassed with rampant extortion on the pretext of collecting customs duty.
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-csif-official-foils-bid-to-smuggle-out-155-cr-in-hand-baggage-at-city-airport
Mumbai: CISF official foils bid to smuggle out ₹1.55 cr in hand baggage at city airport
Related Posts
CGA seizes smuggled cigarettes
August 27, 2020
Thirteen shipping containers of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted on Tuesday...
Duo nabbed with smuggled items worth RM200,000
April 20, 2022
PASIR MAS: The General Operations Force (GOF) nabbed two men for smuggling...
16 detained in gold smuggling case
May 11, 2020
Customs authorities have detained 16 people in east China's Fujian Province in...
Ohio’s cigarette tax proposal would light up a black market
June 4, 2015
Cigarette smugglers, or “buttleggers,” will “load up a U-Haul” with cigarettes...