Following a complaint from a person of Coimbatore that the arrested person M.V.Dinesh Kumar allegedly cheated her to the tune of Rs.10,000 on October 30, surveillance was enhanced by intelligence wing at the airport.
Based on suspicion, CISF personnel had checked the passenger’s bag with the help of a scanning machine and found the sandalwood logs weighing 5.7 kg. The passenger was later handed over to the Customs wing for further investigation.
The drill was conducted at the western departure ramp of the airport, involving key airport stakeholders including Octopus, an elite Anti-Terrorist Squad, local police among others.
