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DRI seizes 71 lakh smuggled foreign-origin cigarette sticks worth Rs. 14 crore in North-East Region; four persons arrested
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....RI seizes 71 lakh smuggled foreign-origin cigarette sticks worth Rs. 14 crore in North-East Region; four persons arrested<BR>News and Press Release<BR>Dated:- 12-6-2026<BR><BR>In a major crackdown aga....
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....inst smuggling of foreign origin cigarettes, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) carried out multiple coordinated operations in the North Eastern Region. Since May 2026, operations conduc....
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....ted by DRI have led to a total seizure of about 71,00,000 sticks of foreign-origin smuggled cigarettes across the North Eastern Region, valued cumulatively at approximately Rs. 14 crore and along with....
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.... arrest of 4 persons. Among major operations, DRI seized more than 45 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes of brands such as Mond, XSo, ORIS and Patron in Mizoram on 11th June 2026. This operat....
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....ion was carried out with the assistance of the 34th Battalion, Assam Rifles. One person has been arrested in the case. Preliminary investigation indicates that the cigarettes were smuggled into ....
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....the country from Myanmar through the Zokhawthar sector along the Indo-Myanmar border. In a series of operations in last few weeks another 26 lakh such cigarettes have been seized, and 3 persons hav....
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....e been arrested. =============<BR> News - Press release - PIB....