The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday arrested entrepreneur Harpreet Singh Talwar aka Kabir, a very prominent name in the clubbing business, in a case of smuggling foreign cigarettes worth Rs 3.24 crore. He was arrested from the Mumbai airport in the matter which was detected in January this year.

Confirming the development, a DRI officer told mid-day. “He was arrested on Thursday in a cigarette smuggling case and has been remanded in judicial custody.” In January the DRI had seized foreign brand cigarettes worth R3.24 crore from a container at the Nhava Sheva Port in Navi Mumbai. The cigarettes were concealed in women’s footwear.