Muzaffarpur, DRI team in Muzaffarpur has seized a large consignment of foreign cigarettes worth more than Rs 1.5 crore. Police say that the consignment of foreign cigarettes was being transported by hiding it under bamboo. This action has been taken near Maitthi Toll Plaza on NH 57 in Gaighat police station area. The consignment of North East Myanmar-made cigarettes was being taken to Delhi via Guwahati. In this sequence, DRI has arrested two people from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh state.

Smuggling was being done under the cover of bamboo

In this case, the police say that the DRI team had received a secret information that smugglers were bringing a consignment of cigarettes made in Myanmar to supply it in Delhi and its surrounding areas. As soon as the information was received, the DRI team laid a trap and intensified the intensive investigation campaign. Meanwhile, a container (HR 55X 7271) was seen coming near the toll plaza located near NH 57 East West Corridor in Gaighat police station area. On seeing the container, the team became alert and surrounded it and caught it. The container was opened and examined. On removing the bamboo, a consignment of cigarettes made in Myanmar of East Asia was recovered inside it. During interrogation, it was revealed that the smugglers were going to supply cigarettes made abroad in Delhi and its surrounding areas on the occasion of New Year. DRI has arrested two people in this case, both of whom are the driver and assistant of the container and both are residents of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. The DRI team is interrogating both of them. The team says that information about the backward linkage and forward linkage of foreign cigarettes is being collected.