8 Airport Customs Offices Hold 'Drug Smuggling Crackdown Cooperation Meeting'

Incheon Airport Customs announced on the 8th that it held a 'Drug Smuggling Crackdown Cooperation Meeting' with the heads of traveler customs clearance and drug investigation departments from eight international airport customs offices nationwide at the Incheon Airport Customs conference room.

This meeting was held in response to the recent surge in drug smuggling attempts by overseas travelers, with concentrated drug smuggling crackdowns by the Korea Customs Service centered at Incheon International Airport. It was also a measure taken following the recent consecutive detections of large-scale traveler drug smuggling at regional airports.

Incheon Airport Customs, which accounts for 95% (average of the last three years) of the Korea Customs Service's total drug crackdowns, is well equipped with infrastructure such as information on drug crackdowns, investigative expertise, and scientific equipment. The plan is to expand support and cooperation with regional airport customs offices to block the circumvention of drug imports.

At the meeting, the eight airport customs offices shared the latest domestic and international drug detection trends, concealment methods, enforcement information, and know-how on using drug inspection equipment. They agreed to promote effective measures to block traveler drug smuggling that circumvents through regional airports, including support for investigative personnel.

Kim Jae-il, Commissioner of Incheon Airport Customs, stated, “As the Korea Customs Service’s drug crackdown hub customs office, Incheon Airport Customs plans to establish a more detailed and organic drug smuggling crackdown network with regional airport customs offices to fundamentally block drugs circumventing through regional airports.”

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