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foreign origin cigarettes and 624 kgs of foreign origin tobacco. Subsequent searches resulted in recovery of 74.70 lakhs foreign origin cigarette sticks among other smuggled goods. The recovered foreign origin cigarettes amount to a value of Rs. 17.06 crores, and the tobacco of foreign origin was valued at Rs. 8.22 lakhs.
b. Based on intelligence developed by DRI Cochin Zonal Unit, in the month of November 2019, officers of DRI Chennai Zonal Unit examined a consignment declared as disposable biodegradable plates at a CFS in Chennai, which in turn led to seizure of 50,09,200 sticks of foreign origin (Turkey) Gold Flake brand cigarettes. Total seizure value of the cigarettes amounted to Rs. 7.01 crores.
c. In May 2019, the DRI Chennai Zonal Unit seized 30,81,600 sticks of Gudang Garam cigarettes valued at Rs. 4.62 crores concealed in a consignment declared as diapers, which had arrived through Kattupalli port.
d. In November 2019, The officers of Mumbai Zonal Unit seized 7,47,000 foreign origin cigarettes at Mumbai Central Railway Station which had arrived by Rajdhani Express from Delhi. In a follow up, Delhi Zonal Unit seized 16,19,200 sticks lying at Nizamuddin Railway Station. The total seizure value amounts to Rs. 3.66 crores.
e. Based on intelligence developed by DRI Delhi Zonal Unit, in June 2019, officers of DRI Lucknow Zonal Unit intercepted two trucks coming from Guwahati and destined to Jalandhar, leading to seizure of 20,48,200 sticks of smuggled foreign cigarettes via Myanmar valued at Rs. 3,07,23,000. In a similar instance, the intelligence passed on by Delhi Zonal Unit led to seizure of 12,22,000 sticks of foreign origin cigarettes smuggled via Myanmar valued at Rs. 1,83,30,000,
by the officers of DRI Gorakhpur Sub- Regional Unit.
f. In July 2019, the Siliguri Regional Unit intercepted a containerised truck on the outskirts of Siliguri and seized 10,43,400 sticks of cigarettes smuggled from Myanmar to India. The cigarettes were being transported to Kolkata after being brought to Guwahati. In a follow- up 72,000 sticks were recovered. Total seizure value amounted to Rs. 1.62 crores.
g. In July 2019, DRI Headquarters intercepted 14 passengers at IGI airport, New Delhi, coming from Cambodia. Search of baggage led to recovery of nearly 1.5 million cigarette sticks of various brands valued at approx. Rs. 1.8 crore .
h. In August 2019, DRI Guwahati Zonal Unit recovered 2108800 sticks of foreign origin cigarettes from a godown near Umling, Meghalaya, valued at Rs. 2.5632 crores. In another case, in November 2019, the Unit seized 9,70,000 sticks of assorted brands worth 1.15 crores from a godown at Lokhra area.
i. In February 2020, the Noida Regional Unit of DRI Lucknow Zonal Unit seized 8,16,000 sticks of Win/Black/Gudan Garam/Paris/Esselite brands of Foreign origin cigarettes concealed in the SLR of five different trains on the same day/ night, valued at Rs. 101, 64,000 (approx.). The modus was to avoid detection by spreading over the contraband packages to different trains. In another case in the same month, the Unit seized 7,47,000 sticks of Rs. 1,12,05,000 foreign origin cigarettes concealed under zinc sacks in truck. The consignment was destined towards Delhi from the North-Eastern region.
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