Chennai Port Customs - Security concerns
Posted by Right_informer on 11 June 2010
The shortage of manpower at the port’s customs unit has raised serious security concerns given the fact that the section has to handle more than 3,000 imported containers on a daily basis.
“There is no export-import infrastructure worth mention at the Chennai Port customs which is rated as the best on the Coromandel Coast because of its excellent hinterland network,” a senior customs official told this newspaper. He also warned about the possibility of extremists and terrorist organisations misusing the port to bring in arms, ammunitions and other logistics as it is increasingly being considered as a safe route to bring in such banned items.
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