Over 2,500 cartons of smuggled cigarettes seized

In a major haul of non-duty paid goods by the Customs Department in recent times, foreign cigarettes worth about Rs 25 lakh were seized along with Indian-made ones valued at nearly Rs 16 lakh from a shop-cum-warehouse in One-Town here on Saturday.
Two persons, who claimed to be wholesale traders, have been detained for allegedly violating the provisions of Customs Act, 1962. Besides, the cigarette packs did not have statutory pictorial warnings on them, which amounted to violation of the Tobacco Products Act, 2008.
According to official sources, cigarette imports are allowed into the country with prior permission and on payment of customs duty but in the present case the procedures were not complied.

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