Heroin smuggled caused by lack of expertise The Civil Aviation Authority admitted that they carelessly allowed 600 blocks of heroin to pass security because their employees are not trained to detect heroin.  600 heroin bricks seized by Taiwanese authorities (photo: Chinatimes) On November 17, 229kg of heroin was hidden undetected in 12 amplifier boxes in a shipment out of After carrying out an inspection and working with the Deputy Minister of Transport Pham Quy Tieu, the head of the Civil Aviation Authority, Lai Xuan Thanh, gave an interview about the results. Is the Civil Aviation Authority responsible for this smuggling case? We did follow protocol. The screening showed that the shipment didn't contain any explosives. However, even though we've always cooperated with the Ministry of Public Security and other agencies to detect drugs, our employees don't have much expertise in this field and let the heroin get through. I'll request beginning a training course for our employees. There are rumours that the shipment was undetected because your screening machine was broken? That day was the regular maintenance day for our machines, so there was some delay. They weren't broken and the heroin bricks showed up as black spots on the monitor. But, like I said, our employees have not been trained to detect drugs so they let the shipment through after making sure that it didn't contain explosives or other dangerous items. Were there any customs officials nearby when the shipment was screened? No, only airport security. How did you deal with employees who carried out the screening process? Firstly, I want to clarify that the team did follow all the required procedures required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the Ministry of Transport. All four members of the team were present at that time. We suspended all members of the team because of the inspection. However, two employees who checked the documents and loaded the goods have returned to work. The team leader was reprimanded and employee who screened the shipment will be sent to training courses. At present we are cooperating with investigators. Source: GTVT |
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