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Mumbai Crime: High end cigarettes worth Rs 1.07 crore seized at Musafirkhana

In the raid, Directorate of revenue intelligence also confiscates additional Indian currency worth Rs 2.31 crore.

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The seized high-end cigarettes from Musafirkhana

The seized high-end cigarettes from Musafirkhana

The directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) on Monday night raided Musafirkhana and seized 732640 sticks of foreign-made high-end cigarettes having a length of 75 mm and above. The seized material is valued at Rs. 1.07 crore and additional India Currency was also seized worth Rs 2.31 crore.

A senior DRI official said, "The smuggling syndicate was being operated by persons based in Delhi who indulged in smuggling of Multi-brand high-end foreign-made cigarettes viz. Marlboro, Benson Hedges, More, Rothmans, Gudang Garam etc have made Mumbai as their distribution hub for supplying the smuggled cigarettes to entire country from Mumbai.

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