Last Update: February 03, 2023, 11:23 IST
Intelligence staff noticed suspicious movement of two passengers at the check-in area of Terminal-3 of IGI Airport (Photo: Bhaswati Majumdar/News18)
A senior CISF official said that on February 1 at around 10 pm, based on behavioral observation, CISF’s surveillance and intelligence personnel noticed suspicious movements of two passengers.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel arrested two Cambodian nationals from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here for allegedly smuggling drugs worth Rs 86.40 lakh. An official gave this information on Thursday.
A senior CISF official said that on February 1 at around 10 pm, based on behavioral detection, surveillance and intelligence personnel of CISF noticed suspicious movements of two passengers in the check-in area of Terminal-3 of IGI Airport. saw.
“On suspicion, two passengers identified as Song Menghor and Douyur Sawath (Cambodian nationals) en route to Phnom Penh via Bangkok by Thai Airlines were diverted to a random checking point for thorough baggage checking Gone. Suspicious photographs were noticed by the CISF personnel on checking their four registered baggage and one hand baggage through the X-BIS machine.
On checking, a huge quantity of different types of medicines worth Rs 86.40 lakh were found. On enquiry, the passengers could not produce supporting documents regarding carrying such a large quantity of medicines.”
The matter was informed to senior officials of CISF and Customs.
Later both the passengers along with the recovered drugs were handed over to the Customs officials for further action.
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