NEW DELHI: Customs officials busted yet another foreign cigarette trade racket here the other day, seizing 2.10 lakh sticks of Paris brand from a makeshift warehouse at Gollapudi and took two persons into custody.
The value of the contraband is around Rs 12.6 lakh, according to official sources. Customs officials on Monday busted a foreign cigarette trade racket here, seizing 10,500 cartons of ‘Paris’ brand cigarettes from a makeshift warehouse at Gollapudi. They also took two persons into custody in this connection. The contraband is valued between Rs. 25 lakh and Rs. 50 lakh.
The source of the premium quality cigarettes is yet to be found out.
Meanwhile, Customs officials are probing links between some tobacco traders in Vijayawada and Guntur and those in other States from where the cigarettes are believed to have been smuggled.
As many as 50 cartons of ‘Forever’ brand cigarettes were also seized from the same warehouse.
The last major seizure was from a shop-cum-warehouse at One Town where foreign cigarettes worth Rs. 25 lakh were seized.
