DRI seizes 3 lakh sticks of smuggled foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 45 lakh in UP's Gorakhpur

GORAKHPUR (UP): (May 24) The DRI has seized 3,00,000 sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes worth around Rs 45 lakh that were being smuggled from Myanmar into India and transported from Assam to Uttar Pradesh concealed inside a truck, officials said on Sunday.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs about a large consignment of smuggled cigarettes being transported under the cover of bamboo cuts, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers mounted surveillance on National Highway-27 in Gorakhpur and monitored suspected vehicles coming from Assam, an official statement said.

After maintaining vigil for nearly 12 hours, officials intercepted a suspected truck in the early hours of May 23.