The crew are starting to smuggle?!
In June, four Jetstar (Jestar) crew members were arrested at Melbourne airport when they tried to bring tobacco illegally into Australia.
The plane, which came from Bali, was spotted by border guards at Melbourne airport when four workers tied tobacco to their bodies and hidden them in their pants, trying to sneak into the country.
The four flight attendants, one man and three women, have been fired by airlines.
You know, at the time of entry, each person is entitled to a duty-free policy of only 25 cigarettes.
And the crew has long been carrying far more than the required amount.
At present, Melbourne airport has been put on alert, recently returned to Australia friends can pay attention!
Check it out lately! Don't hit the muzzle.
A joint operation against illegal tobacco seized nearly 60 million cigarettes.
After the case, experts said the smuggling was not an isolated incident, but an organized criminal activity.
It is likely that some large criminal groups have selected crew members with special security permits to carry out smuggling through security checks.
One source said: "the flight attendants have always been regarded as low-risk people, but the situation is being broken, and it is clear that this is what the lawbreakers are taking advantage of. Airline staff are subject to stricter safety checks, and anyone entering Australia will be subject to scrutiny, including those who enter in an official capacity, "he added.
Criminologist James Martin said: "this smuggling is likely to be manipulated by criminal groups behind the scenes, and these people who assist in smuggling are people who have the ability to get drugs between countries. These people sometimes bribe staff in order to escape security checks. "
Although the security procedures are complex and costly, it does not prevent smuggling.
As long as there is still a huge demand for illicit drugs in the market, smuggling will not stop.