CBIC destroys 49 lakh foreign cigarettes, 73 kgs of drugs under "Special Campaign 4.0"
Oct 25, 2024
New Delhi [India], October 25 : The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and Delhi Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate and Customs (Airport and General) Commissionerate jointly destroyed a total of around 49 lakhs cigarettes of foreign origin, around 73 Kgs of NDPS drugs, gutkha/ pan masala and e-cigarettes as part of Special Campaign, 4.0, as per an official release.
These goods, valued at approx Rs 460 crores, were seized by the Customs Department for violation of the Customs Act, NDPS Act and the Cigarette and other Tobacco Products Act.
The destruction process was carried out on Friday in a safe and non-hazardous manner at a waste management facility in Delhi in the presence of Harbinder Kaur Prasad, Commissioner of Delhi Customs Preventive Commissionerate and Sh Vishal Pal Singh, Commissioner of Customs (Airport and General) Commissionerate, the press release stated.
