By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | January 4, 2026 05:54 AM IST 2 min readThe airport unit has also intensified action against touts and thefts from passenger baggage and cargo.The Indira Gandhi International Airport unit of the Delhi Police has arrested more than 130 people in 2025 as part of a crackdown on visa and passport frauds, including agents and facilitators allegedly involved in illegal immigration, police said.According to the police, for the first time, investigators have focused on tracing the financial trail linked to such frauds. “The challenge with this was that in most of the cases, a huge part of the money was said to be paid in cash. Yet, there was scope to work on this line of investigation. Working on it, more than 100 bank accounts of the agents have been frozen so far. Assets of the agents, suspected to have been derived from the proceeds of criminal activity, are being identified,” said DCP (IGI) Vichitra Veer.Further, police said 140 lookout circulars (LOCs) were issued in 2025 against absconding accused to prevent them from fleeing abroad. During the year, 119 proclaimed offenders – including accused people wanted in decade-old cases – were also arrested.The airport unit has also intensified action against touts and thefts from passenger baggage and cargo. Police said over 300 cases were registered against touts, leading to the arrest of more than 400 people, while around 60 persons were arrested in cases related to theft from baggage and cargo. Ground-handling staff of airlines were questioned during investigations into baggage thefts.Police said the objective is to eliminate illegal activities such as immigration fraud, touting and theft at the airport, and that strict action will continue.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:delhi