DRI seizes foreign cigarettes worth crores in Mumbai

MUMBAI: The

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

has seized 6.73 lakh

cigarette sticks

from a

south Mumbai godown

and arrested one person.


Bipin Singh was arrested after a search by the officials from the

Mumbai Zonal Unit

at a godown at

Chira Bazar

on Sunday, an official statement said Tuesday without disclosing the value of the confiscated material.

The team has found 60 cartons containing various foreign brands, including Benson&Hedges, Gudang Garam, Marlbro, 555, Paris, which were recovered and seized under provisions of the Customs Act.

Singh was remanded to judicial custody by a local court till June 25, according to the statement.