Strict security check of airlines crew to check gold smuggling

As cases of gold smuggling involving airlines crew and ground handling staff continue, it has been decided to carry out their extensive frisking while exiting the international airport here.
The move comes after authorities found either an airline crew or workers of ground handling companies allegedly involved in 80 cases of gold smuggling reported in past three years, official sources said.
All employees, including airlines crew, who have access to the incoming passengers need to be checked throughly every time they go out of the airport, they said.
The decision in this regard was taken at a recent meeting by the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DGRI) with officials of airlines, immigration, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), customs and Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), they said.

The meeting was held on Wednesday in the backdrop of cases of gold smuggling by airlines crew and ground handling staff working at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.
The airlines have been educated that they should report any suspicious passengers to the customs authority. Airlines, especially national carrier Air India and Jet Airways which have maximum number of flights from foreign destinations to India, have been told to identify such passengers pro-actively as they come to know in advance about the gold or other items being carried by them while screening and frisking their baggage, the sources said.