Airline KLM will help the government to reduce drug trafficking from the Antilles, Suriname and Venezuela.
KLM will people be put on the "black list" by the Royal Military Police, refuse to accept on its flights to and from the Netherlands. This is in an agreement that KLM and Suriname Ministry of Justice and Police have closed this summer.
Surinamese media reported Friday that the Dutch authorities have made this agreement also with Surinam Airways (SLM) and charter company TUI. The persons on the list are people who are ever arrested at the airport with cocaine in their possession. Their name will remain three years on the list. On the website Diaspora News noted parliamentarian Harry van Bommel (SP) that the people on the list actually get an additional penalty by fly.
According to the agreement is to reduce smuggling through Schiphol is a joint responsibility of the government and the airlines. Fewer drug trafficking Schiphol will give a better image, which will lead to more passengers. The main responsibility lies however with the government, according to the covenant.
The countries in which the agreement applies, covered by the so-called 100-percent control regime. It involves Curacao, Aruba, St. Maarten, Bonaire, Suriname and Venezuela. During such a procedure all passengers, hand luggage, luggage and cargo checked for drugs.
By Telegraph editors: Photo: Dijkstra bv
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