Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) ‘s Mumbai Zonal Unit seized smuggled imported cigarettes worth ₹14.67 crore at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port,(JNPT) also known as Nhava Sheva Port in Navi Mumbai recently.
The seized cigarettes, 86.30 lakh in all, were found allegedly concealed inside a 40-feet container that had arrived at one of the Container Freight Stations (CFS) of the Nhava Sheva port on December 4, when it was intercepted by the DRI team.
The container was examined the next day, and it was found packed with cigarettes instead of the item as allegedly mis-declared in the shipping documents by those who had exported it, the sources said.
The seizure was made based on specific intelligence received by the DRI’s MZU team, the sources said. DRI sources said that it is suspected that the cigarettes were meant to be pilfered but the timely intervention of the agency thwarted any such criminal design of those who had smuggled the consignment, sources said.
