Delhi Customs Preventive seizes illegally imported 12.22 lakh foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs. 2 crore

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..... Delhi Customs Preventive seizes illegally imported 12.22 lakh foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs. 2 crore
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Dated:- 24-1-2024

On the basis of specific information, t .....

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..... he Delhi Customs Preventive has booked a case on 20/21 January 2024, against foreign-origin cigarettes, illegally imported/ smuggled and stored. Total numbers 12.22 lakh sticks of various brands viz. .....

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..... ESSE, Mond, Dunhill, Davidoff, Gudang Garam, Platinum Seven etc have been seized. On preliminary scrutiny, on the basis of seized cigarettes, the value of these seized goods is around Rs. 2 crore and .....

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..... the exact valuation of the goods is underway. Two shops and three godowns were searched in Katra Bariyan, Nayabans, Delhi-06 locality. During investigation, it came to light that the activity of ill .....

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..... egal import, storage and supply of various brands of foreign-origin cigarettes was stored in the above-mentioned shops and godown. The cigarette packets werewithout any specified statutory health warn .....

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..... ings on the packets, otherwise taxable under the Customs Act, 1962. It is suspected that these cigarettes were imported illegally, evading Customs duty and in violation of the Cigarettes & other Tobac .....

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..... co Products (Packaging & labelling) Amendment Rules, 2022, and are being supplied in the domestic market. The role of suppliers/ dealers and other stakeholders in the case is being inquired about. Fu .....

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..... rther investigation into the matter is in progress.
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