INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The security apparatus at the Delhi airport went into the highest alert mode on Monday afternoon when a cache of arms and ammunition,
including an under-barrel grenade launcher stashed in nine boxes, was intercepted in the cargo area, reports Rajshekhar Jha
The shipment contained eight rifles, three shells, 100 cartridges of 7.62mm, five magazines and an artillery machine.The weapons were
weapons might have been smuggled in by terrorists and a hostagesituation or an attack could be in the making.A high alert was sounded, entry
and exits were restricted, and a full-fledged investigation was initiated
All intelligence agencies were alerted as well and a joint inquiry was conducted
After a few hours of inquiry, it was revealed that these boxes were meant to be transported to Cairo,Egypt for an arms exhibition
The cops breathed a sigh of relief.It was conveyed that the shipping arrangements weremade by Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and the weapons
were collected from an ordnance factory in Kanpur, UP.BEL, sources said, served as the nodal agency from India for the exhibition
booked on the basis of weight and the shipment charges are raised on the basis of weight of the shipment
at airports in Delhi and Punjab has been substantially stepped up with measures like a secondary ladder point checks (SLPC) kicking in for
When SLPC is in force, passengers and their hand bags are checked again just before boarding aircraft.
