The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized a stock of foreign cigarettes worth INR 10.80 crore from a container at Nhava Sheva port in Uran. This smuggling was going on through the sea route. But as soon as the information was received, DRI raided the cargo container. It was used to smuggle foreign cigarettes from Dubai, which claimed to contain Chinese viscose carpets. But as soon as Detective Vibha came to know about this, she foiled this plan.
More details about the incident are that DRI has not clarified when this action was taken. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had inspected two containers at Nhava Sheva port. A cache of foreign cigarettes was confiscated. In this, about 67 lakh 20 thousand cigarettes have been seized. Their price is INR 10.80 crore.
The cigarette stock was shipped from Dubai's Jebel Ali port to Nhava Sheva port. This also includes cigarettes manufactured in Korea. When the DRI initially inspected the first container, it found Esse Change-made in Korea cigarettes. After this, when another container was examined, foreign cigarettes were found there too. The agency suspects that these cigarettes were first transported to Mumbai via UAE from the country of origin.
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