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Smuggled cigarettes made by South Korea’s KT&G account for a significant share of the Indian market

During the searches, sleuths of the customs department seized foreign-brand cigarettes and electronic cigarettes worth Rs 51 lakh. Officials said the seized material was illegally smuggled into India from various countries like China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the UAE.

DRI officials said they were closely monitoring the movement of the container carrying these cigarettes and intercepted it soon after it was diverted to a private godown instead of reaching its destination.

The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), a non-profit organisation representing the cause of millions of farmers and farmworkers of commercial crops across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Gujarat, etc., has ...

In season of pandemic, its not gold but cigarettes where smuggling rings are making big money Deepak Sharma (iANS)  0 Even as Covid protocols restrict international and domestic transport, the cross border crime syndicates continue to make big money by smuggling truckloads of sin goods into India through land and sea routes. Two major transit hubs, Tamu (Myanmar) and Dubai have emerged as bases of top smuggling syndicates, involved in pushing large consignments of branded cigarettes, seen as ...

In season of pandemic, cigarettes make big money for smuggling rings   Wed, Apr 21 2021 09:24:21 AM By Deepak Sharma New Delhi, Apr 21 (IANS): Even as Covid protocols restrict international and domestic transport, the cross border crime syndicates continue to make big money by smuggling truckloads of sin goods into India through land and sea routes. Two major transit hubs, Tamu (Myanmar) and Dubai have emerged as bases of top smuggling syndicates, involved in pushing large consignments of bra...

Even as Covid protocols restrict international and domestic transport, the cross border crime syndicates continue to make big money by smuggling truckloads of `sin goods` into India through land and sea routes. Two major transit hubs, Tamu (Myanmar) and Dubai have emerged as bases of top smuggling syndicates, involved in pushing large consignments of branded cigarettes, seen as the most lucrative commodity having profit margins much higher than gold. WATCH | Click on Zee Business Live TV Stream...

Even as Covid protocols restrict international and domestic transport, the cross border crime syndicates continue to make big money by smuggling truck loads of sin goods into India through land and sea routes. Two major transit hubs, Tamu (Myanmar) and Dubai have emerged as bases of top smuggling syndicates, involved in pushing large consignments of branded cigarettes, seen as the most lucrative commodity having profit margins much higher than gold.   Trailing illicit factories in Malaysia ...

Gold worth Rs 33.7 lakh, drone seized at Chennai airport ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 20:23 IST Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 17 (ANI): Customs officials recovered a total of 667 gm gold worth Rs 33.7 lakh, 50 cartons of cigarette, and a drone worth Rs 1.30 lakh in two separate seizures at Chennai International Airport on Thursday. "Based on intelligence input, Abdul Saleem (61) of Tiruchirapalli and Kader Meeran (45) of Oddanchatram, who arrived fr...

CHENNAI: Customs officials at Chennai international airport seized 667 grams of gold, worth Rs 34.1 lakh, 50 cartons of cigarettes and a drone worth Rs 1.30 lakh from passengers. Customs said Abdul Saleem, 61, of Trichy and Kader Meeran,45, of Oddanchatram, who arrived here from Dubai in a flydubai flight (FZ-8517) on Wednesday, were intercepted and searched. Two gold chains weighing 152 gram, worth Rs 7.7 lakh, were recovered. On further examination of their check-in luggage, 10 white plasti...