Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy

Assam Rifles seizes cigarettes smuggled from Myanmar

June 14, 2022 by adminficci News 0 comments

Aizawl, Jun 14 (IANS): Assam Rifles troopers on Tuesday seized foreign-origin cigarettes, valued at around Rs 3.90 lakh — just a few days after the para-military force seized similar foreign-origin tobacco products valued at Rs 2.35 crore in Mizoram, smuggled in from Myanmar, officials said.

Assam Rifles officials said that acting on a tip-off, the foreign-origin cigarettes valued at Rs 3.90 lakh were seized from a home at Zokhawthar crossing point along India-Myanmar border of Champhai district.

https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=968760

Prev
Next

Related Posts

Smugglers discovered hiding in a South Shields warehouse with 1.5 MILLION illegal cigarettes
August 22, 2018

A trio of smugglers discovered hiding in a warehouse have been jailed after being...

PIL on fake water bottles, medicines
July 31, 2015

The petition by Satish Chandra, filed through advocate Abhiuday Chandra, has...

Illicit Tobacco Taskforce nabs over 600,000 cigarettes in one week.
October 1, 2019

The Illicit Tobacco Taskforce continues to detect and seize shipments of black...

153 bottles of liquor, 302 of wine seized
July 27, 2024

The Excise and Taxation Department had conducted inspections across the city in...