Serious lapses in security at the Air Cargo Complex (ACC) were exposed
when, in a dummy check conducted by Sahar police, a police official was
able to sneak in a service pistol three times, through three different
methods and gates.
The checks have revealed that neither is the metal detector working properly, nor are the security agencies taking their job seriously. The complex, a part of Mumbai Customs, is responsible for handling of import and export of cargo from Mumbai via air.
On September 30, Sachin Rokade, a constable attached with the Sahar police station, arrived at the ACC main gate (called wicked gate) at around 10 am. Rokade was in civil clothes and was carrying his service pistol on his person.
When he walked through the metal detector, the equipment didn’t beep to reveal the concealed weapon. Neither did the security guards of Tops Security, the agency who had stationed the officials there, frisk Rokade. The guards on duty were Laxmikant Kobre and Sathendar Taid.
Rokade then tested another entrance. He went to Heavy Gate 03 at around 11.05 am and handed over his pistol to a cargo loader. The constable was testing whether the weapon would be detected this time on a loader.
09/10/14 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
The checks have revealed that neither is the metal detector working properly, nor are the security agencies taking their job seriously. The complex, a part of Mumbai Customs, is responsible for handling of import and export of cargo from Mumbai via air.
On September 30, Sachin Rokade, a constable attached with the Sahar police station, arrived at the ACC main gate (called wicked gate) at around 10 am. Rokade was in civil clothes and was carrying his service pistol on his person.
When he walked through the metal detector, the equipment didn’t beep to reveal the concealed weapon. Neither did the security guards of Tops Security, the agency who had stationed the officials there, frisk Rokade. The guards on duty were Laxmikant Kobre and Sathendar Taid.
Rokade then tested another entrance. He went to Heavy Gate 03 at around 11.05 am and handed over his pistol to a cargo loader. The constable was testing whether the weapon would be detected this time on a loader.
09/10/14 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
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