Mumbai Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone III, destroyed huge quantity of illegally imported Cigarettes, Tobacco and e Cigarettes, seized and confiscated from passengers at CSMIA.
This was done by the Mumbai Airport Customs as a part of ongoing Special campaign 3.0 of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, where disposal is being expedited by them to reclaim office space.
The said contraband which is smuggled in to India in contravention of provisions of Customs Act,1962 and Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution Act, 2003 (COTPA, 2003), was seized and confiscated during the current financial year by the Mumbai Airport Customs officials.
Mumbai Airport Customs on October 12, 2023, carried out destruction of 3700 Kgs of such seized and confiscated Cigarettes and e-Cigarettes totally valued at INR 2.80 crore at the incinerator facility of Mumbai Waste Management Ltd Taloja, authorised by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The contraband was destroyed by way of the incineration as per the Hazardous & Other Wastes (M&TM) Rules, 2016.