Kochi: Customs sleuths intercepted an SUV in Palakkad and foreign-origin fake Indian cigarettes worth Rs 61.5 lakh were seized.
According to customs, on Jan 24, officers of customs preventive division, Thrissur, received intelligence that such cigarettes were being brought from Malappuram to Palakkad. They intercepted a car on Palakkad-Kozhikode national highway, near Puthupariyaram in Palakkad. Upon searching, 15 cartons (1,50,000 sticks) of foreign-origin fake Indian cigarettes were recovered, said officials. The owner of the goods revealed that more such cigarettes were stored near Valluvambram, Malappuram.
