Chennai, June 24 -- In a major haul, officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
(DRI) have seized over 92 lakh illegally-smuggled cigarettes of foreign origin worth
Rs. 18.2 crore in Chennai on Monday evening.
A PIB release today said acting on a specific intelligence that cigarettes of foreign origin
are being smuggled into India from Dubai under the guise of "Bathroom and sanitary fittings",
the DRI Chennai Zonal Unit officers, held a container bound to J-Matadee FTWZ.
Detailed examination revealed that the goods in the container were mis-declared and it
contained 92.1 lakh sticks of foreign origin cigarettes of various brands such as 'Manchester
United Kingdom', 'Manchester United Kingdom Special Edition' and 'Mac Ice Su...