The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized foreign-origin cigarettes worth nearly ₹45 lakh from a truck intercepted in Gorakhpur, with officials suspecting that the consignment entered India through Myanmar before being routed via Assam towards Delhi and other northern markets.

The operation was carried out on May 23 after the agency received specific intelligence about a truck allegedly carrying smuggled foreign cigarettes. Acting on the input, DRI officers stopped the vehicle and conducted a detailed inspection.