{"id":54053,"date":"2024-10-28T11:54:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T06:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=54053"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:54:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T06:54:11","slug":"pia-staff-member-caught-smuggling-cellphones-worth-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pia-staff-member-caught-smuggling-cellphones-worth-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"PIA Staff member caught smuggling cellphones worth millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/final-auction-of-pia-to-be-held-on-october-30-na-told\/\">Pakistan International Airlines<\/a> (PIA) staffer, identified as Faisal Majeed, was caught <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad-airport-authorities-seize-dozens-of-iphone-16-pro-max-over-smuggling-attempt\/\">smuggling<\/a> 16 expensive cellphones from Canada when he arrived at Islamabad airport on flight PK-782.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fbr-abolishes-customs-intelligence-department-over-poor-performance\/\">Customs officials<\/a> found the phones wrapped around his body during a routine check. As a result, Majeed received a show-cause notice, requiring him to respond within three days.<\/p>\n<p>The notice emphasized that his actions damaged<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/another-pia-cabin-crew-member-goes-missing-in-toronto-2\/\"> PIA&#8217;s reputation<\/a> and warned that failure to respond satisfactorily would lead to termination.<\/p>\n<p>This incident isn&#8217;t the first of its kind May 2023, Pakistan Customs foiled a similar attempt to smuggle iPhones worth millions at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>Officials received a tip about a passenger arriving from Dubai and discovered over 35 iPhones, including XS and X-max models, valued at approximately Rs10 million. The passenger was unable to provide tax details, leading to a registered case against them.<\/p>\n<p>The PIA staffer&#8217;s actions have raised concerns about smuggling and the airline&#8217;s reputation. The show-cause notice serves as a stern warning, emphasizing the severity of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The incident highlights the need for increased vigilance and stricter security measures to prevent such incidents in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) staffer, identified as Faisal Majeed, was caught smuggling 16 expensive cellphones from Canada when he arrived at Islamabad airport on flight PK-782. Customs officials found the phones wrapped around his body during a routine check. As a result, Majeed received a show-cause notice, requiring him to respond within three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":45549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[660,3657,10600],"class_list":["post-54053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-customs-officials","tag-pakistan-international-airlines","tag-smuggling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54054,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54053\/revisions\/54054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}