New Delhi, July 11 -- In a major crackdown on smuggling of Chinese firecrackers and fireworks into India, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in an operation codenamed "Operation Fire Trail", successfully traced, intercepted, and seized huge quantities of Chinese firecrackers/fireworks, valued at approximately Rs 35 crore.

According to a official statement from Ministry of Finance, the items were found concealed in seven containers destined for or lying at Nhava Sheva Port, Mundra Port, and Kandla SEZ,

These Chinese fireworks, weighing 100 metric tonnes, were illicitly imported in the name of a KASEZ unit and certain IEC holders, by misdeclaring them as goods such as "Mini Decorative Plants," "Artificial Flowers", and "Plasti...