Two persons have been arrested in this connection and remanded in judicial custody
In a major haul, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized foreign brand cigarettes worth Rs 11.88 crore from a container at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Navi Mumbai, an official said on Friday. Based on a tip-off, the Mumbai unit of the DRI intercepted the 40-ft container, an official said.
The container had arrived from Dubai and was carrying 600 master boxes containing 32,640 cartons of undeclared
foreign brand cigarettes, he said. Two persons have been arrested in this connection and remanded in judicial custody till June 25, the official said, adding that a probe was underway.
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