KOCHI: Bird Worldwide Flight Services (BWFS), which supplies ground handling staff at various airports in the country, is considering to terminate a batch of its ground handling staff at the Cochin International Airport, for alleged involvement in gold smuggling.
Talking to ‘Express’, BWFS Kerala chief Dhushiand said, “we will definitively take strong action against the staff, including termination of contract, who were involved in gold smuggling through the domestic terminal of the airport. But, I can’t say whether an entire batch of employees would be terminated based on the smuggling incident, or not.”
“It is up to the higher officials at the company headquarters to take a decision on it.
So far, we have not received any communication in this regard,” he said, adding that a new batch of employees would be recruited according to the new guidelines set for ensuring that such incidents are not repeated in future.
According to Customs officials, they summoned officials of the agency the other day, after it was brought to their notice that more than one-and-half dozen employees were involved in smuggling cases.
