Police said that during a routine patrol, police officers stopped a suspicious person and conducted a search and the searches revealed hundreds of e-cigarettes and pods, an official said
The team of police officials following the seizure after the operation. Pic/Mumbai Police
Mumbai Police on Sunday said that it has seized 384 e-cigarettes and 2,880 pods worth Rs 42 lakh in Kalbadevi's Chira Bazaar and arrested one person in connection with the matter.
According to the police, the operation was conducted by the Property Cell of the Mumbai Police's Crime Branch.
During the operation, the Property Cell seized a large quantity of prohibited JUUL e-cigarettes in the Chira Bazaar area.
"The operation took place near the Chira Bazaar bus stop on J.S.S. Road," said an official.
The police said that during a routine patrol, police officers stopped a suspicious person and conducted a search.
The searches revealed 384 JUUL devices (e-cigarettes) worth Rs 23,04,000, JUUL pods worth Rs 18,00,000, one black e-bike worth Rs 1,00,000, an official said.
"The total value of the seized items is Rs 42,04,000," the official said.
Action under prohibition law
Following the seizure, the police registered a case under The Prohibition of e-cigarettes Act, 2019. The case has been filed at LT Marg Police Station under sections 3, 4 and 7 of the Act.
The investigation is ongoing by the Property Cell, Crime Branch, Mumbai.
Police credit leadership and team
The successful operation was carried out under the guidance of senior Mumbai Police officials and the team that made the seizures was led by Raj Tilak Raushan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch (Detection), along with Sadanand Rane, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch.
The key officers involved in the operation included Police Inspector Mangesh Desai, Police Inspector Dada Gaikwad, Senior Police Inspector Prataprao Bandgar, Police Constable Tushar Sawant, Police Constable Vinod Padman, Police Constable Tambe, Police Sub-Inspector Kolekar, Police Sub-Inspector Gadhve, Police Constable Babar, Police Constable Burde, officials said.
DRI Mumbai foils courier gold smuggling, seizes Rs 2.89 crore
Meanwhile, in a significant breakthrough against organised gold smuggling, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, foiled a novel attempt to illegally import gold into the country through an international courier channel.
Acting on specific intelligence, DRI officers seized 1.815 kg of foreign-origin gold valued at approximately Rs 2.89 crore from a courier consignment that arrived at the International Courier Terminal (ICT), Mumbai, from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
According to officials, the consignment was declared as a household appliance and contained a meat-grinding machine. However, a detailed examination of the parcel raised suspicion, prompting DRI officers to carry out a thorough inspection. Upon dismantling the meat grinder and breaking open its internal gear mechanism, officers recovered 32 cut pieces of gold of varying sizes that had been ingeniously concealed within the gear assembly.
The concealment method was designed to evade conventional scanning and detection processes at courier terminals.
The total quantity of gold recovered weighed 1,815 grams.
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