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Customs Confiscate Various Items from PIA Crew in Lahore

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According to news sources, today Pakistan Customs at Lahore Airport confiscated various items worth millions of rupees from cabin crew members of PIA flight PK-758 that arrived from London.

Confiscated items included mobile phones and electronics. During search customs also recovered five thousand British pound sterling cash from a pilot.

Exchange of hot words between PIA crew and Pakistan customs officials also took place. Customs officials have stopped entire crew of the flight for thorough search of their baggage items.

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According to latest reports, mobiles were recovered from a passenger who told customs that PIA crew gave him/her those mobiles that were to be handed back to crew outside the airport.

Pilot is under interrogation for five thousand British pound sterling cash recovered from him.

Today's PIA London to Lahore flight PK-758 was operated with Boeing 777-340ER registration AP-BHW.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk758

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According to a PIA spokesperson, foreign currency carried by PK-758 pilot is within rules/regulations.

Up to ten thousand US dollars can be carried, the spokesperson said.

10,000 US Dollars are equal to 6,138 British pound sterling under current currency exchange rate.

5,000 British pound sterling cash were recovered from the pilot, according to news sources.

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According to PIA spokesperson statement on another news channel, ten thousand British pound sterling cash can be carried and PIA pilot was carrying cash within that limit. The pilot is not in the custody of any law enforcing authority.

Mobiles were recovered from passengers not from PIA crew, the spokesperson added.

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According to latest reports, PIA employees have stopped working at Lahore Airport due to dispute between the airline and Pakistan Customs on the issue of flight PK-758.

The crew of PK-758 is in the custody of Pakistan Customs. PIA and Pakistan Customs officials are trying to resolve the issue.

Passengers of PIA flight PK-709 from Lahore to Manchester have boarded the aircraft but the crew including a pilot are refusing to operate the flight.

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PIA cabin crew is staging a sit-in in customs hall at Lahore Airport.

A representative of PIA employees says that PK-758 cabin crew is not involved in smuggling.

Advisor to the Prime Minister on Aviation, Shujaat Azeem has advised PIA management to reach Lahore Airport to settle the issue.

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According to news sources, customs say that PK-758 crew was illegally carrying large number of recently launched Apple iPhone 6 smartphones. A flight steward is being investigated for carrying illegal number of smartphones.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Aviation, Shujaat Azeem has contacted Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Managing Director PIA to discuss the issue. Mr. Azeem has said the issue should be resolved according to the law and anyone found violating law should be removed from his/her job.

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According to latest reports:

Crew of flight PK-758 has been released by Pakistan Customs.

PIA employees have resumed their work at Lahore Airport.

PIA flight PK-709 to Manchester has departed from Lahore.

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Re: Customs Confiscate Various Items from PIA Crew in Lahore

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According to Lahore Airport website, PIA Lahore to Manchester flight PK-709 departed from Lahore at 2:45 PM. Flight's scheduled departure time was 2:05 PM. It means PK-709 suffered delay of forty minutes.

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PIA Boeing 777-240ER registration AP-BGL is operating flight PK-709 today.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk709/

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According to Express News channel, someone informed Pakistan Customs that some crew members of PK-758 had managed to get their flights duty changed/exchanged to be in UK for buying newly launched Apple iPhone 6 smartphones.

According to the news channel, some cabin crew members told Pakistan Customs that a passenger gave them smartphones before disembarkation at Lahore because the passenger wanted to avoid customs. The passenger was going to collect these smartphones from crew outside the airport.

Tablets also have been recovered from PK-758 crew.

At least three PK-758 crew members are still in the custody of customs for interrogation, according to the news channel.

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Re: Customs Confiscate Various Items from PIA Crew in Lahore

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=D> shabash crew. Now grow some balls to do the same when caught at airports outside pakistan?
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From various news channels' reports, it seems PIA's powerful employees unions with threat to suspend work at Lahore Airport got their colleagues released from customs.

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Re: Customs Confiscate Various Items from PIA Crew in Lahore

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riz wrote:=D> shabash crew. Now grow some balls to do the same when caught at airports outside pakistan?
Sir, first let media grow the balls to present the truth to the people rather than trying to malign the reputation of the flag carrier. Unless Palpa/Pia spokesperson clarifies the issue you have no right to disrespect any crew member.
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Our crew has a very hard earned reputation. We all know.
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Re: Customs Confiscate Various Items from PIA Crew in Lahore

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Everyone knows that PIA's cabin crew has been bringing cell phones from England for years which is definitely illegal.
If they have been caught then they should at least be ashamed of their actions but here they are causing inconvenience to the passengers by delaying the flights and tarnishing the reputation of the airline..most of the crew from that flight are from air league which is the union wing of pml-N ...Custom officials have always been involved in this game it is just that they Must not have gotten their share