India, Oct. 5 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized a consignment of old and used laptops, CPUs, motherboards, and other electronic parts, valued at approximately Rs.23 crore, at the Nhava Sheva port. A Surat-based businessman (name, if possible) and director of an importing firm is the mastermind behind the illegal smuggling, said officials.

The investigation revealed that these refurbished/used laptops, CPUs, etc., were fraudulently imported into India by concealing them as 'aluminium treat scrap' in four containers at the Nhava Sheva port. Each of these containers was packed with the electronic components, but concealed behind a few rows of the declared goods, i.e. aluminium scrap.

A total of 17,760 old and used...