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Assam Rifles busts illicit cigarette racket in Cachar, two apprehended
Updated : 3 months ago IST
All recovered items and apprehended persons were handed over to the Cachar Police for further legal action on Monday.
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Parliament approves Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to raise excise
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while replying to the discussion in Rajya Sabha, said the higher duties on cigarettes will be shared with the states. "This is not a cess but excise duty. The amount will be redistributed to the States as per the Finance Commission's recommendati
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DRI busts major e-cigarette smuggling racket at Tuticorin, seizes goods wo
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 45,984 prohibited e-cigarettes worth Rs 10.42 crore at Tuticorin Port, uncovering a major smuggling racket and arresting three people linked to the operation. According to information from the Ministry of Finance, the goods were found
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Delhi: Two arrested with 3.5 lakh counterfeit cigarette sticks
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
DIU/North (District Investigation Unit/North) busted a racket of spurious cigarettes being stocked and sold in Naya Bans, Lahori Gate, New Delhi, on Sunday. Two people were arrested, and 3.5 lakh cigarette sticks valued at around Rs. 50 lakhs of various brands were seized.
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Assam Rifles and DRI seize foreign cigarettes worth over Rs 7 crore
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Assam Rifles, in close coordination with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), successfully executed two significant operations against trans-border smuggling this week, recovering large quantities of foreign-origin cigarettes with an estimated market value exceeding Rs. 7 cr
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Assam Rifles, DRI siezes large consignment of foriegn cigarettes; 2 held i
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a coordinated operation against trans-border smuggling, Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered a large consignment of contraband from the general area of Karimganj, Assam
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Gujarat: CISF, crime branch seize 4 kg hydroponic weed worth ₹1.4 crore at
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to officials, the passenger, identified as Jafar Mobilewala was travelling in an Air India flight from Bangkok and Surat, and was found on Tuesday to be carrying two bags in which over 8 eight packets totalling to 4 kg of hydro weed (hybrid) valued at ₹1.41 crore. The accused ha
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Assam Rifles seizes contraband cigarettes worth Rs 52 lakh in Mizoram's Ch
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Acting on specific intelligence inputs about the movement of illicit goods along the Indo-Myanmar border region, Assam Rifles personnel launched an operation and intercepted a Bolero camper vehicle driven by one Lalhmingmawia Ralte.
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Successful completion of Special Campaign 5.0 by CBIC and its field format
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Around 250 Kgs of NDPS drugs (Heroin, Cocaine, Ganja, Charas, etc.), Gutkha/ Pan Masala, 26 Lakhs cigarettes of foreign origin, and e-Cigarettes valued at Rs. 1,011 Crores approx. The safe destruction of the field formations of CBIC is also a main milestone.
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Delhi police recovers banned cigarettes worth Rs 12 lakh; two held
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to police, the Crime Branch received secret information on Saturday, around 1:10 AM, about a large consignment of prohibited foreign cigarettes being delivered near the bus stop at Palam Dwarka Road in Delhi Cantonment.
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Improving Public Health in the Global South by Leveraging Innovative Smoke
Updated : 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14: Philip Morris International (PMI) recently hosted the Technovation event in Dubai, focusing on improving public health in the Global South by leveraging innovative smoke-free alternatives. The event highlighted how innovation, science, and technology can serve
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Assam Police seize 10,000 Yaba tablets, 1.25 lakh packets of cigarettes wo
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Numal Mahatta, Senior Superintendent of Police of Cachar district, said that, based on a reliable intelligence, Cachar Police on October 11 conducted a riverine operation against the transportation of narcotic substances along the Assam-Manipur border under the jurisdiction of Lakhipur Po
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