Chennai, July 17 -- In two separate incidents, officials of the Chennai Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) have seized over 2.30 lakh cigarettes worth Rs 48 lakh from the Foreign Post Office (FPO) here.

The cigarettes were smuggled from Malaysia and Dubai.

A PIB release tonight said yesterday the AIU officials during routine scanning detected three consignments from Malaysia, each weighing approximately 29 kg, of E-cigarettes misdeclared as clothes hangers and textile material, at the FPO.

A total of 998 E-cigarettes of ELFBAR brand valued at Rs 23 lakhs were attempted to be smuggled into India through FPO were seized.

The contrabands were seized under Secs 110 and 111 of the Customs Act read with PECA (Prohibition of electronic ci...