Four Customs officials at Karipur international airport, including a superintendent, were suspended by the department on Wednesday for allegedly assisting a syndicate to smuggle a huge volume of foreign brand cigarettes, official sources said here.
Officials said Customs (Preventive) Commissioner Sumit Kumar issued the suspension order a day after sleuths from the CBI, Customs and Department of Revenue Intelligence, in a joint operation, busted the syndicate seizing a huge volume of foreign brand cigarettes while it was being smuggled into the country from the Gulf.
They said the action was taken after an internal probe found that a customs superintendent, two inspectors and a head havildar, posted at the airport allegedly assisted the syndicate in smuggling gold.
