DRI & Assam Rifles seize 71 lakh foreign-origin smuggled cigarettes worth 14 cr

By  News On Air   Jun 12, 2026

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested four people and seized 71 lakh sticks of foreign-origin smuggled cigarettes worth 14 crore rupees since May this year, across the North Eastern Region. Ministry of Finance said, it was done in a major crackdown against smuggling of foreign origin cigarettes. The preliminary investigation indicates that the cigarettes were smuggled from Myanmar through the Zokhawthar sector along the Indo-Myanmar border. The operation was carried out with the assistance of the 34th Battalion, Assam Rifles.