Dear Sir I too felt the rage of Goa Airport but in this case it was the Goa airport custom. I with my two brothers flew from Gatwick in U.K. in 2001 my first time in Goa after 30 years outside India. At Gatwick duty free I saw a bargain 3bottles of whiskey for less than £50. So I purchased the pack and my brothers said they wii have a bottle each. When we touched down in Goa my elder brother without thinking went and bought another bottle of whiskey from Goa duty free for his dear old friend. So now I ended up with one extra whiskey bottle. The custom officer (a Mr. Vadgama) seeing I had three whiskey bottles asked me who they were for, I replied for me and my brothers. He took my British passport and refused to hand it over to me till I paid duty on one extra bottle.I too like Remo spoke Konkani. but no one could speak konkani, the entire custom staff at Dabolim could not speak Konkani. I asked loudly where were my countrymen.I fully expected !My Desh,My Goa,our airport to be fully run by my people the Goans what a shock to the system. They were relentless about my paying my duty on the 4th bottle of whiskey.The custom officer would not give my [ passport till I paid £50 in sterling for the bottle. It left a bad taste in my mouth for Goa but I gritted my teeth and resolved that I would not be ground down by these bhailes. Since then I visited Goa every year sometimes twice. Mog Asundi Ignatius Fernandes.
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