DRI holds back smuggled cigarette sticks worth 5.7 crore rupees at Nhava Sheva

: Mumbai, December 28, 2023

Based on intelligence developed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai, a 40-feet refrigerated container that arrived at Jawaharlal Nehru Port was held at one of the Container Freight Stations (CFS) at Nhava Sheva. A thorough examination of the contents of the container revealed that cigarette cartons were ingeniously concealed within cardboard boxes containing tamarind which was the item declared in the shipping documents. The cigarette cartons had been placed inside the tamarind boxes and cleverly covered on all sides with tamarind such as to render the cigarettes cartons indiscernible even on opening the cardboard boxes.

The smuggled cargo comprised of 33,92,000 cigarette sticks with a market value of approximately Rs 5.77 Crores. Further investigations into the case are in progress.