Sex toys, drones among hundreds of parcels detained by customs
by：KISSTOY
2021-06-09
From drones and remote-controlled helicopters to sex toys and pornography, customs departments often withhold a dizzying array of items illegally brought into the country from abroad.
From drones and remote-controlled helicopters to sex toys and pornography, customs departments often withhold a dizzying array of items illegally brought into the country from abroad.
According to official data, it has suspended the delivery of at least 1,000 such packages, some of which contain restricted and prohibited items, only at foreign post offices (FPO) in Delhi ).
A senior customs official said: \"In addition to restricted items including drones and helicopters, people have been trying to introduce prohibited items such as drugs, pornographic materials, including magazines, CDs and sex toys, anonymous requested
He said that because of security concerns, drones and remote control helicopters can only enter the country if necessary permission is granted to authorized government agencies.
For example, a package sent from China to India is detained because it contains obscene materials that cannot be brought to India according to government policies.
People are also trying to send drugs, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom through packages.
\"All these packages, including those imported and sent out from abroad, have been detained for inspection and necessary action,\" the official said . \".
In one case, an outbound package that did not have the details of Vietnam sending sender and consignee was detained.
The package was also detained because the content was either wrong
Goods declared or sent in commercial quantities.
The custodian of FPOs is The Post department.
Customs officials have been concerned about the operation of FPOs, as most of the work of FPOs is done manually without sufficient staff.
Another senior official said that the customs department had asked the Postal Department to fully computerize the FPOs nationwide to check the smuggling through the FPOs.
In some cases, he said, people abused FPOs to smuggle all kinds of prohibited items and evade import taxes.
On average, FPO here handles 5,000 packages per day (booked and registered via EMS) and 3,500 imported packages.
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From drones and remote-controlled helicopters to sex toys and pornography, customs departments often withhold a dizzying array of items illegally brought into the country from abroad.
According to official data, it has suspended the delivery of at least 1,000 such packages, some of which contain restricted and prohibited items, only at foreign post offices (FPO) in Delhi ).
A senior customs official said: \"In addition to restricted items including drones and helicopters, people have been trying to introduce prohibited items such as drugs, pornographic materials, including magazines, CDs and sex toys, anonymous requested
He said that because of security concerns, drones and remote control helicopters can only enter the country if necessary permission is granted to authorized government agencies.
For example, a package sent from China to India is detained because it contains obscene materials that cannot be brought to India according to government policies.
People are also trying to send drugs, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom through packages.
\"All these packages, including those imported and sent out from abroad, have been detained for inspection and necessary action,\" the official said . \".
In one case, an outbound package that did not have the details of Vietnam sending sender and consignee was detained.
The package was also detained because the content was either wrong
Goods declared or sent in commercial quantities.
The custodian of FPOs is The Post department.
Customs officials have been concerned about the operation of FPOs, as most of the work of FPOs is done manually without sufficient staff.
Another senior official said that the customs department had asked the Postal Department to fully computerize the FPOs nationwide to check the smuggling through the FPOs.
In some cases, he said, people abused FPOs to smuggle all kinds of prohibited items and evade import taxes.
On average, FPO here handles 5,000 packages per day (booked and registered via EMS) and 3,500 imported packages.
(This article has not been edited by the DNA editing team and is automatically edited
Generated from the proxy feed.
