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Air India crew member detained at Jeddah airport on charges of smuggling

| | Jun 05, 2015, at 05:12 pm
New Delhi, June 5 (IBNS) A cabin crew member of Air India has been detained by the Jeddah Airport authorities in Saudi Arabia on charges of smuggling out gold.

According to reports, the  detained cabin crew was to board the flight bound for Kochi, along with 11 other crew members on Thursday when he was detained on charges of smuggling out gold and currency..

The incident forced Air India to operate the flight with 11 cabin crew members instead of mandatory 12.

An Air India spokesperson later confirmed the detention of one of its cabin crew members but said that the reason was yet to be known.

"The cabin crew is still in detention. We are ascertaining the reason behind his detention," the spokesperson has been quoted by media as saying.
 

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