Bid to Smuggle Rs 1.4 Cr Banned Drones, Devices Foiled at RGIA

Hyderabad: The RGIA vigilance and anti-sabotage groups of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) throughout frisking of passengers, following the latest

Delhi terror assault, foiled an try and smuggle banned drones and digital items value Rs 1.4 crore on Wednesday.

The CISF groups observed two worldwide passengers behaving suspiciously close to the airport space after their arrival from Abu Dhabi. Acting promptly,

the officers detained them and screened their baggage on the home arrival exit gate on X-BIS machine, which led to the detection of a giant

amount of undeclared high-value digital gadgets, together with a number of banned drones, premium smartphones, laptops and different equipment value round Rs

1.4 crore, a CISF personnel disclosed.

“On questioning, the passengers failed to produce valid purchase documents or import clearance for the recovered goods. Subsequently, our CISF officers

seized the goods and the detained the passengers. The goods have been handed over to the Airport Customs authorities for necessary action as per law.

CISF continues to uphold its commitment to safeguarding national security, integrity of India’s aviation network”, he mentioned.

The passengers have been detained contained in the RGIA arrival gates. As per the jurisdiction the case will probably be investigated by the Customs division in case

of non responsibility paid items, SHO RGIA Kankaiah Sampathi mentioned.

Officials are are also checking the background and journey historical past of the passengers.