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DRI team took action. – Photo: Amar Ujala Digital
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In Muzaffarpur, DRI team has seized a huge consignment of foreign cigarettes worth more than Rs 1.5 crore. Police say that the consignment of foreign cigarettes was being transported hidden under bamboo. This action has been taken near Metthi Toll Plaza located on NH 57 of Gaighat police station area. The consignment of cigarettes manufactured in North East Myanmar was being taken to Delhi via Guwahati. In this sequence, DRI has arrested two people from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh state.
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Smuggling was being done under the cover of bamboo
In this case, the police say that the DRI team had received a secret information that smugglers were bringing the consignment of cigarettes made in Myanmar to supply in Delhi and its surrounding areas. As soon as the information was received, the DRI team laid a trap and intensified the intensive investigation operation. Meanwhile, a container (HR 55X 7271) was seen coming near the toll plaza located near NH 57 East West Corridor of Gaighat police station area. As soon as the team saw the container, it became alert and surrounded it and captured it. The container was opened and examined. On removing the bamboo, a consignment of cigarettes made in Myanmar of East Asia was recovered inside it. During interrogation, it was revealed that the smugglers were going to supply foreign made cigarettes to Delhi and its surrounding areas on the occasion of New Year. DRI has arrested two people in this case, both of whom are the driver and helper of the container and both are residents of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. The DRI team is interrogating both of them. The team says that information about backward linkage and forward linkage of foreign cigarettes is being collected.
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