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May
7, 2000
Sylhet,
May 6 (UNB) – Osmani International Airport has become a safe route
for smuggling of various goods including gold due to its weak security
arrangements.
Airport
sources said the lone black & white scanning machine of the
airport often remains inoperative and cannot identify all smuggled
items.
The
machine was brought from Tajgaon Airport seven years back, sources
said.
Smuggled
gold worth about Tk 2.60 crore was seized here in last two years but
security personnel failed to arrest anyone in this connection.
At
present, 32 security personnel and 11 guards assisted by 9 police and
37 ansar members are deployed at the airport, which is insufficient to
cover the entire area.
To
contain smuggling, customs officials suggested for installing modern
scanning machine, introducing ‘green’ and ‘red’ channels and
increasing number of security personnel.
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