DRI seizes 3,00,000 electronic cigarettes/vapes worth Rs. 120 crore in a major crackdown on e-cigarette smuggling racket across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and West Bengal

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....RI seizes 3,00,000 electronic cigarettes/vapes worth Rs. 120 crore in a major crackdown on e-cigarette smuggling racket across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and West Bengal<BR>Customs, DGFT & SEZ<BR>Dat....

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....ed:- 21-5-2026<BR><BR>In a major crackdown against illegal import of prohibited nicotine products, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a large-scale e-cigarette (vape) smuggling r....

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....acket in its operations across several ports, airports and ICDs in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and West Bengal in last few days. &nbsp;&nbsp; Acting on specific intelligence, DRI identified, tra....

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....cked and intercepted multiple suspicious &nbsp;import consignments that were mis-declared to evade customs scrutiny. Detailed examination led to the seizure of nearly 3,00,000 electronic cigarettes/va....

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....pes of various brands, flavours and specifications valued at more than Rs 120 crore. These prohibited e-cigarettes were found to be sourced from China in every instance and imported in concealment ....

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....in the items such as such as "Furniture" and "Metal Chair Parts". Electronic cigarettes and all Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) are prohibited in India under the the Prohibition of Elec....

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....tronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019, enacted in the interest of public health and to protect people from har....

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