In pandemic, it's not gold but cigarettes where smugglers are making money
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 and Indonesia, Indian agencies have recently busted a Myanmar based crime syndicate which had been...
Source: business-standard.com