French airport officials detain PIA flight steward for alleged heroin possession

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French airport officials detain PIA flight steward for alleged heroin possession


Javed ChaudhryMarch 10, 2018
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A Pakistan International Airline (PIA) steward was detained in Paris by French airport authorities for allegedly being in possession of four kilogrammes of heroin, DawnNewsTVreported on Saturday.

The suspect, according to reports, was carrying four packets of heroin weighing one kilogramme each, worth at least Rs40 million.

The flight was bound from Paris to Islamabad. According to a notice sent to PIA authorities, the plane's crew, as well as the three pilots, were made to undergo thorough checking and were detained at the airport for several hours.

So far, the PIA has received no official confirmation of the incident from the French authorities. However, the national carrier's spokesperson, Mashood Tajwar, said that the suspect had been suspended from service until further investigation. If the allegations are proven to be true, he will be terminated, Tajwar added.

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The suspect was the vice president of PIA CBA and was appointed to the flight on the union's recommendation, reports say.

 

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Another PIA flight steward detained in Paris in drugs case


Mohammad AsgharUpdated March 12, 2018
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ISLAMABAD: Another flight steward of the Pakistan International Airlines has been detained by the French authorities after information given by the PIA employee who was allegedly caught with drugs in Paris on Saturday.

The rest of the crew members of the Islamabad-Paris flight PK-749 returned to Pakistan on Sunday.

Four packets of drugs were recovered from hidden pockets of Tanveer Gulzar’s coat during his body search, according to French officials. However, they have not disclosed whether it was heroin, cocaine or hashish. “Though, drugs have been recovered from the possession of the cabin crew member, the PIA management has not been informed about the kind and quantity of drugs,” PIA spokesman Mashood Tajwar told Dawn.

He said: “Tanveer Gulzar, the PIA steward who was caught with drugs by the French customs while going to a hotel for rest, has been suspended by the management and will be terminated from service in the light of outcome of the investigation conducted by the French authorities.”

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Mr Tajwar said another steward of the same flight, Amir Moeen, had been detained by the French authorities though he had not been charged so far. He has been detained for interrogation in the light of Tanveer’s statement.

“Amir Moeen will also be suspended and will be sacked if his involvement in drug smuggling is proven by the French authorities,” said the PIA spokesman.

Published in Dawn, March 12th, 2018

 

[Skull and Bones]

4 kg is a massive amount.

 

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PIA flight attendant held in Paris for heroin smuggling

March 11, 2018

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by Amraiz Khan

LAHORE - A crew member Saturday added another feather to PIA’s cap after being arrested in Parisover heroin smuggling charges.

The flight steward of PIA was caught by Parisauthorities while trying to smuggle heroin . The flight PK-749 arrived in Paris from Islamabad where the drug worth millions of rupees was recovered from the steward during checking. The authorities allowed the passengers and PIA staff to return after inspecting the plane.

According to the PIA spokesperson, the French authorities have not given any details regarding the amount of the drug. He confirmed flight steward Tanveer Gulzar is in custody of French authorities inParis and has been placed under suspension by PIA after initiation of departmental inquiry against him. The suspect can also be dismissed from service if found guilty by the French authorities.

It is uncertain whether the flight steward will be punished in France or deported, he added.

Accused Tanvir Gulzar who is Senior Vice President of Air League of PIA employees was carrying narcotics concealed in his baggage and body. Being a senior employee and officebearer of the union, the accused used to select international flights on his own.

Couple of years back another officebearer of Air League Awais Qureshi was arrested in London on narcotics charges. He was jailed for six months and was terminated from his service but again restored due to unknown reasons.

It is worth mentioning here that there are a series of incidents wherein narcotics were recovered from the national flag carrier’s planes or from the possession of its crew members during the last five years.

Last year on May 15, the national flag carrier’s crew members were detained at Heathrow Airport by the UK Border Force after heroin was recovered from the hidden parts of the plane.

The crew members were kept in detention for five hours. According to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) sources, information had been received from Pakistan that there were narcotics in the plane. There was suspicion that the crew was involved in the incident.

In August 2016, the UK authorities arrested at least 12 staffers of Pakistan International Airlines after the recovery of 6kg of heroin in the toilet of an aircraft bound for Dubai. Then the PIA announced, “Anyone proven guilty will face action, including dismissal from service and other legal consequences.”

In June 2015, the airline sacked five cabin staffers who had been detained in Britain on the accusation of trying to smuggle mobile phones and foreign currency.

In 2013, a PIA pilot was jailed for nine months in Britain after being found to have taken Britain’s legal alcohol limit three times more for flying just before he was due to take off with 156 people aboard.

Adviser to Prime Minister on Aviation Division Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi, in reaction to the last incident of narcotics, had held meetings with the senior officials of ANF, ASF, CAA, Customs and PIA in Islamabad, following which a central operational committee had been formed to look into such incidents on regular basis. The CAA DG was the head of this committee.

 

[naveen mishra]

it seems drug ,human trafficking and money laundering become PIA main job

 

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PIA stewards detained over drug smuggling jailed for 2 years by French court

Dawn.com | Tahir NaseerMarch 15, 2018
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Two stewards of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) who were detained in connection with their involvement in drug smuggling have been sentenced to two years in prison each by a French court, it emerged on Thursday.

Tanveer Gulzar was arrested by the French customs after four packets of drugs were recovered from hidden pockets of his coat during his body search at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. Another flight steward, Amir Moeen, was detained after Gulzar gave his statement.

Investigators had presented the two stewards before a court in France, which handed down a two-year prison sentence to each of them after finding them guilty of smuggling drugs on Islamabad-Paris flight PK-749, sources in the airlines told DawnNewsTV.

See: PIA's turbulent flight into the sunset

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When contacted, PIA spokesman Mashood Tajwar told Dawn.com airlines officials are aware of the reports of sentencing, but that they are awaiting a copy of the court verdict.

Once the judgment has been received, the stewards who have already been suspended will be dismissed from service, Tajwar said.

French authorities had arrested Moeen from his hotel on Gulzar's pointation. According to sources, he had allegedly facilitated Gulzar in smuggling the drugs.

According to reports, Gulzar was carrying four packets of heroin weighing one kilogramme each, worth at least Rs40 million. However, the airlines' spokesman had told Dawn that French officials had not informed PIA management about the kind and quantity of drugs

Sources told DawnNewsTV that the aviation secretary has written a letter to PIA CEO Musharraf Rasool Cyan, asking him to submit a report after assigning responsibility on officials involved in the incident and those found to have shown negligence.

 

[cloud4000]

How soon before PIA is banned from flying to Europe and elsewhere?

 

[POPEYE-Sailor]

How soon before PIA is banned from flying to Europe and elsewhere?

Befikar raho0. tmhe mar k he marain ge hum. Keep this in ur mind..!!!

 

[AMG_12]

Please ban the airliner from flying to Europe.

 

[khail007]

It happens when merit assassinated and nepotism and politicising of institutions are on the rise.
'کھاو پیو تے پکڑائی نہ دیو' is became national agenda and priority for rulers and not National Action Plan.

 

[El Sidd]

LoL

 

[Divergent]

Embarrassing & unprofessional behaviour.

 

[Maxpane]

Hang him till death

 

[BATMAN]

it seems drug ,human trafficking and money laundering become PIA main job

Looks like RAW is engineering all of it.

 

[NoOne'sBoy]

4kg is enough money to live 10 lifetimes