Buai Ban

Betelnut ban unit deal with new threat

Airport police are present while officials are sorting through all the bags and accounting for them.

A total of 18 bags were confiscated  after an Air Niugini  flight from Lae landed this afternoon.

National Airport Corporation staff have  raised concerned of the Betelnut Ban officials  coming into the airport site but the Airport Police Commander Robert Wane has clarified that they  arrived to remove all the bags from an earlier haul from Kokoda  and were called out to assist his officers  and bring in the new lot cargo that were taken into custody.

Airlines urged to comply with Betelnut Ban

This was the frustrations expressed by the Airport Police Station Commander Robert Wane when he spoke with PNG Loop after this afternoon's unusual  mustard  haul at the airport.

PSC Wane tells PNG Loop that the mustard trade in the city is being facilitated by airlines who allow the  vendors to bring in the mustard.

He says that many times the passengers have been allowed to bring in their cargo of mustard which under the Betelnut Ban laws is also illegal to sell or trade.

Latest police sting hauls 22 mustard bags

Police have hauled in 22 bags belonging to different passengers who have been caught with the cargo as part of their luggage.

Currently the Airport Station Commander Robert Wane is addressing the smugglers who have been brought in for questioning.

An Air Niugini plane arrived from Lae with PSC Wane saying he will be officially notifying the airline through his office.

He said he will also be taking the matter  to the NCDC office for them take  appropriate action against  the airline company.

Airport police intercept mustard bags

Airport Police Station Commander Robert Wane informed PNG Loop that the haul with a street value worth K45,000 was intercepted in a tip-off to police.

The Chimbu man and Wabag woman who accompanied the bags expressed shock as they claim they had an arrangement with the third level airline company Nuigini Aviation.

The woman says they chartered a plane for K6,600 and spent close to K8,000 to buy the daka.

Buai ban operations cut back

Buai Ban Controller Honk Kiap tells PNG Loop that while the city has seen a general clean up in image in the long run the issue has more to do with the consumers than the sales man and woman.

Kiap admits there is a need for a review on how the city can effectively approach the issue.

Kiap says officers are aware of the re-emergence of buai markets at Gerehu, Morata, Taurama and Hanuabada but are rethinking their strategy in light of constraints.